Uganda, Dec. 16 -- Three hundred lock up owners at Kabale central market led by their association chairman Rev Canon Jack Katarishangwa have filed a court petition against the Municipal Council and the attorney general- challenging the guidelines issued by the ministry of local government.

They say the "new August 2022 guidelines take away their right of ownership of the lockups."

Further, the guidelines suggest that stall allocation shall be by raffle whereby a vendor can only get it by picking a random number guided by the allocation committee.

The complainants are now asking court to issue a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from allocating the lock up shops contrary to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was si...