President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday 9th October 2023 commissioned the Kitgum Main Market in Kitgum Municipality.
The President commissioned the market during Uganda’s 61st Independence Day celebrations, held in Kitgum District under the theme: “Sustaining a United and Progressive Nation: Taking Charge of Our Future as a Free Nation”.
Kitgum Main Market is one of the Market Infrastructure Developments built under the Markets And Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme-2 (MATIP-2), aimed at improving the economic and social infrastructure in urban markets, induce incremental production and marketing of Agricultural commodities, enhance incomes of vendors, increase employment opportunities and increase customer satisfaction.
This intervention is based on the findings of a feasibility study commissioned by the Government of Uganda, in March 2008, to review and assess local markets’ infrastructure and functional status across the country.
This new market will accommodate over 1,700 market vendors and has several facilities which include, fruit and vegetables stalls, matooke stalls, meat lockups, dry and fresh fish stalls, assorted lockups/shops, saloons, bulk stores, cold rooms, market administration offices and meeting and prayer rooms.
