Uganda, April 22 -- Vendors at the new Masaka Central Market have protested a decision by the city authorities to hire rooms designed for a public health facility to a private clinic.

Ms Beatrice Nakayiza, the chairperson of Masaka Central Vendors Association, said the vendors requested the clinic during the construction of the market and they are surprised that it is being occupied by a private health facility.

"It is us who requested President Museveni to have a clinic for vendors on this market, we are surprised that the city authorities chose to hire our clinic to a private practitioner," she said during an interview last week.

But Ms Nanyonga Aisha, the proprietor of RA Medical Clinic, declined to comment on the matter and rather ...