Displaced Nakivubo Park Yard vendors to have sued KCCA, Attorney General, Nakivubo War Stadium board of trustees and Ham Kiggundu over illegal eviction; want UGX450m as compensation
In a suit filed in the High Court dated March 24 2017, 120 traders contend that the eviction was illegally conducted without giving them sufficient notice which made them lose merchandise worth UGX450m
The traders further allege that the UGX200m given to them by the developer Ham Kiggundu was ‘pocketed’ by their leaders.
Last month, hundreds of vendors were evicted from Nakivubo Park Yard market to enable redevelopment of Nakivubo Stadium; a move that was criticized by different factions within KCCA.
The traders were offered working space at Mr. Kiggundu’s shopping mall with three month grace period without pay — and some were offered ‘paid for’ stalls at USAFI market.
About Nakivubo stadium
The 54-year old stadium sits on 13 acres of land and was established under the NWMS Trust Act, 1963 and is run by the Board of Trustees known as the registered Trustees of NWMS, appointed by the sports minister.
It sits on two prime properties comprised in leasehold registrar volume No.3; Folio No.24 and plot 28 Nakivubo place approximately 11.62 acres.
On its second property, it has a leasehold registrar volume No. 247; Folio No.3 and plot No. 26Nakivubo place (approximately 0.835 acres.
On September 16, 2009, Cabinet approved a master plan for the redevelopment and upgrading of the NWMS using the public-private-partnership (PPP) methodology but with a condition that the area and infrastructure around the stadium should be incorporated in the planning of the project.
Ms Kamya insists this is what she is implementing, although critics like Mr Lukwago say that a decision that was made in 2009 is now invalid because there have since been two election cycles.
