Markets & trade order
Where the 2026 trade-order enforcement, the court freeze and the relocation plans stand — dated and neutral.
Where Jinja's 2026 displacement of traders stands — the street-vending trade order, the court freeze on the taxi-park kiosks, and the separate redevelopment eviction at the Source of the Nile. What is enforced, what a court has frozen, and what is still undecided. Both kiosk owners and formal traders need the same facts, so this page takes no side. It was last reviewed on 14 June 2026 from public press reports; these matters move quickly — check with the High Court in Jinja or the city council for the latest before acting.
Street vending in ungazetted spaces — enforcement
In force nowEnforced since mid-March 2026; officials said removals outside the taxi park would continue (Plus News, 17 March 2026).
City authorities ordered vendors and kiosk operators to leave road reserves and other ungazetted areas by mid-March 2026, in a directive signed by the city's Nathan Kitakule. Demolitions began on 16 March 2026, including kiosks along Kyabazinga Lane in Walukuba.
Trading in an ungazetted space can be enforced against at any time. Formal market traders had petitioned for the clearance, saying street vendors undercut stall-rent payers; many evicted vendors — some still repaying loans on destroyed kiosks — say they were given no workable alternative. Both positions are documented in the press.