A Report of the Review of the Markets Act, Cap 94 in Uganda
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Uganda Law Reform Commission and Ministry of Local Government A Report of the Review of the Markets Act, Cap 94 in Uganda July 2013 1 Contact details Uganda Law Reform Commission Workers House, 8th Floor Plot 1 Pilkington Road P.O.Box 12149, Kampala, Uganda Telephone: 256-414-341138/341083/346200/1/2 Fax: 256-414-254869 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] URL: http://www.ulrc.go.ug 2 Acronyms CAIIP-I Community Agricultural Improvement Programme CBD Central Business District CBOs Community Based Organizations CSOs Civil Society Organisations EAC East African Community EIA Environmental Impact Assessment FGDs Focus Group Discussions HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome KCCA Kampala Capital City Act KIIs Key Informant Interviews LGA Local Government Act LGs Local Governments LGSIP Local Government Sector Investment Plan MATIP-1 Markets and Agriculture Trade Improvement Project-1 MIS Management Information System MMIS Market Management Information Systems MoLG Ministry of Local Government NDP National Development Plan NEMA National Environment Authority NGOs Non-Governmental organizations NPPS National Physical Planning Standards NPSS National Physical Planning Standards and Guidelines PEAP Poverty Eradication Action Plan PMA Plan for Modernization of Agriculture PPDA Public Procurement of Disposal of Assets PPPP Public Private Partnership and People PWDs Persons with Disabilities SACCOs Savings and Credit Co-operatives SWHB Solid Waste Holding Bays TWG Technical Working Group UBOS Uganda Bureau of Statistics ULRC Uganda Law Reform Commission ULRC Uganda Law Reform Commission VMMC Vendors’ Market Management Committee 3 Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT ....................................................................... 11 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 11 1.1 Background to the review ........................................................................................................... 11 1.2 Problem Statement ...................................................................................................................... 12 1.3 Objectives of the review ............................................................................................................. 13 CHAPTER TWO LEGAL, POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ON ........................ 15 MARKETS ............................................................................................................................................. 15 2.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1 Legal Framework for Markets ................................................................................................... 15 2.1.1 The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 .................................................................... 15 2.1.2 The Markets Act, Cap. 94 ........................................................................................................... 16 2.1.3 Current and emerging issues ....................................................................................................... 21 2.1.3 Markets Rules SI 94-1 ................................................................................................................ 23 2.1.4 Markets Byelaws ........................................................................................................................ 24 2.1.5 The Local Governments Act, Cap. 243 ....................................................................................... 26 2.1.6 The Kampala Capital City Act, No. 1 of 2011 ............................................................................ 26 2.1.7 Physical Planning Act, Act No. 8 of 2010 .................................................................................. 26 2.1.8 Land Act, Cap. 227 and the Land Acquisition Act, Cap. 226 ..................................................... 27 2.1.9 National Environment Act, Cap. 153 .......................................................................................... 28 2.1.10 Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, No 1 of 2003 ...................................... 28 2.1.11 Trade (Licensing) Act, Cap. 101 ................................................................................................ 28 2.2 Existing Policies, Plans and Guidelines relating to markets in Uganda ..................................... 29 2.2.1 National Development Plan. ....................................................................................................... 29 2.2.2 Plan for Modernization of Agriculture. ....................................................................................... 29 2.2.3 Decentralization Policy Strategic Framework ............................................................................ 30 2.2.4 Local Government Sector Investment Plan 2006-2016 .............................................................. 30 2.2.5 National Local Economic Development Policy .......................................................................... 30 2.2.6 National Land Use Policy ........................................................................................................... 31 2.2.7 National Trade Policy. ................................................................................................................ 31 2.2.8 Government Policy on sell of markets’ land, development and management in the ................. 31 city, municipalities and towns. ................................................................................................................ 31 2.2.9 Government Policy guidelines for the Management and control of rural markets facilities constructed under CAIIP-1 ..................................................................................................................... 32 2.3 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 33 CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY FOR THE REVIEW .......................................................... 34 3.0 Review Design ............................................................................................................................ 34 3.1 Population and sample selection ................................................................................................. 34 3.2 Study sites ................................................................................................................................... 34 3.3 Data Collection methods ............................................................................................................. 34 3.4 Data Collection tools ................................................................................................................... 36 3.5 Data entry, analysis and report writing retreat ............................................................................ 37 4 3.6 Review Processes ........................................................................................................................ 37 CHAPTER FOUR FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS ............................................................................. 38 4.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 38 4.1.1 Definition of a market ................................................................................................................. 38 4.1.2 Types and categorization of markets .......................................................................................... 40 4.1.3 Standard requirement for markets ............................................................................................... 42 4.1.4 Location of markets sites ............................................................................................................ 48 4.1.5 Establishment and ownership of markets .................................................................................... 52 4.1.6 Administration and Management of markets .............................................................................. 57 4.2 Markets Byelaws and Ordinances ............................................................................................... 65 4.3 Opening and closing hours .......................................................................................................... 69 4.4 Market days ................................................................................................................................. 71 4.5 Levying and Collection of market fees ....................................................................................... 72 4.6 Market Management Information Systems (MMIS) ................................................................... 84 4.6.1 Market Registers ......................................................................................................................... 84 4.7 Monitoring of revenue collection ................................................................................................ 87 4.8 Management and administrative skills of vendors .....................................................................