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Kasubi Market cost @KCCAUG UGX 1.66 billion to deliver 1,400 market stalls. That is about UGX 1.19 million per stall.
Soroti Market will cost $6.5m to deliver 2,200 stalls. That is UGX 24 billion or UGX 10.9 million per stall. @mandyug raised up a storm when she asked;
Soroti Market will cost $6.5m to deliver 2,200 stalls. That is UGX 24 billion or UGX 10.9 million per stall. @mandyug raised up a storm when she asked;
"The new and beautiful Soroti market; but why is it that some people still prefer to stay just outside these markets, leaving them empty?"
The answers were interesting.
The answers were interesting.
One was that we build FOR the people and not WITH them. Others talked a bout rental charges, etc. Some believe the African hates orderliness.
The truth is a mix of that and more. For starters, all change has been resisted since Christendom started. Be it air travel or cars.
The truth is a mix of that and more. For starters, all change has been resisted since Christendom started. Be it air travel or cars.
Soroti market is a legacy grade investment. Unless they misused the money, it is fit for purpose for the next 200 or so years with minor alterations. It is also expensive BECAUSE it is an @AfDB_Group funded project. So many things have to be JUSTIFIED.
Kasubi Market, on the other hand, agrees with the practical nature of those that live on less than $2 per day. Surprisingly, it seems it is easier to fight a fire at Kasubi or start one 
than at Soroti or any of the 21 Markets and Agriculture Trade Improvement Project (MATIP).
than at Soroti or any of the 21 Markets and Agriculture Trade Improvement Project (MATIP).
Also, because it is easier to relate to their open nature need for socialization alongside business, Kasubi will be preferred by most traders. Debatable whether most shoppers would prefer Kasubi Market to Gulu or Soroti Central if the same products were sold at similar price.
It also means that it is very expensive/costly to be a poor country. There is no reason why the cost of Soroti Central Market should not have constructed 14 markets that look like Kasubi Market in all of Teso Region. It is juts that it wasn't our money.
Plus, there must be someone who benefits from saddling a country with debt. The banks, consultants, the proposal writers, etc.
