{"id":50090,"date":"2021-08-30T08:28:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T05:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=50090"},"modified":"2021-08-30T08:28:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T05:28:46","slug":"city-traders-set-to-close-shops-over-rental-arrears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/city-traders-set-to-close-shops-over-rental-arrears\/","title":{"rendered":"City traders set to close shops over rental arrears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">By Amos Ngyomoya<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">City traders under their umbrella body Kampala city Traders Association have threatened to close their business in protest over rental arrears accumulated during the lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">The traders are accusing the government of ignoring their plight yet landlords continue harassing them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">The acting association\u2019s chairperson Thaddeus Musoke in a statement said they plan to have the peaceful demonstration from 1<sup data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"17.77777671813965\">st<\/sup> September due to government\u2019s failure to assist the traders despite their outcry and petitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">He says it is unfair for government to look on as landlords harass them to pay rental arrears yet they were not working during the lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Amos Ngyomoya City traders under their umbrella body Kampala city Traders Association have threatened to close their business in protest over rental arrears accumulated during the lockdown. The traders are accusing the government of ignoring their plight yet landlords continue harassing them. The acting association\u2019s chairperson Thaddeus Musoke in a statement said they plan to have the peaceful demonstration from 1st September due to government\u2019s failure to assist the traders despite their outcry and petitions. 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