President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today launched the newly constructed Kitgum Main Market.

The President commissioned the market during Uganda’s 61st Independence Anniversary celebrations, held in Kitgum District under the theme: “Sustaining a United and Progressive Nation: Taking Charge of Our Future as a Free Nation”. 

Kitgum Main Market is one of the Market Infrastructure Developments built under the Markets And Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme-2 (MATIP-2), aimed at improving the economic and social infrastructure in urban markets,  induce incremental production and marketing of Agricultural commodities,  enhance incomes of vendors,  increase employment opportunities and increase customer satisfaction