Final vacate notice issued 1 April 2026, resting on the IGG directive of 18 September 2025; no clearance, relocation or compensation detail published as of 5 October 2026.
This is a separate matter from the street-vending trade order: a redevelopment of one tourism site, not a city-wide enforcement. On 1 April 2026 the city's town clerk, Godfrey B. Kisekka, issued what the city called a final reminder for everyone operating at the Source of the Nile — craft stalls, restaurants and tour operators, many there for years — to vacate, clearing the way for a second phase of redevelopment of the site into what the city describes as a world-class tourism destination.
Why an earlier reprieve ended, which is the part traders there most often ask about: the Inspectorate of Government had halted the eviction on 19 August 2025, and then lifted its own halt by a directive of 18 September 2025. The city's April 2026 notice rests on that.
Traders have raised the same two questions each time it has come up — where they are meant to move to, and whether there is compensation — and we have not seen those answered in public; the city's own notice gives no relocation or compensation detail. If you trade there, ask the city council about relocation space and timelines before the works start.