Kampala Minister Minsa Kabanda gives street vendors two weeks to leave Kampala streets

Speaking at the Media Centre in Kampala, the Minister of Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda, first ordered KCCA and police to enforce the city trade order immediately, then, after appeals from vendors' leaders, gave street vendors two weeks to leave the streets voluntarily. According to The Independent, she said strict enforcement would follow and that anyone breaching the order, including enforcement officers and political leaders, would be prosecuted; KCCA said it would run a two-week sensitisation campaign and reinstate a Sunday market.