The construction of Ultra-Modern Munyaule Market in Lusaka, at a cost of $8 million, has commenced, much to the delight of more than 2,000 marketeers who will occupy the facility once completed.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Gary Nkombo, has since announced that traders, recently relocated from the same market to pave way for construction, have been given offer letters to operate at the new market once completed.
Munyaule Market was located along Lumumba Road, adjacent to City Market, and once construction is completed, it will offer a conducive trading area like the newly built Simon
Mwewa Market.Mr. Nkombo expressed happiness to note that the contractor, Kaddoura Construction Limited, a privately-owned company, has moved on site to start construction process of the new market, whose construction period is estimated to be 16 months.
Speaking when he inspected the construction site, Mr. Nkombo says the project follows a resolution in which a 15-year lease agreement was entered into between Lusaka City Council and the contractor to construct the modern Market.Once the project is completed,
He says it will create a more conducive and trading environment for traders and shoppers than what existed before.
In order to accommodate the relocated traders from Munyaule Market, LCC secured trading space behind BH and New Soweto Markets as a temporal measure as the same traders await completion of the facility.
The Minister also toured the temporal trading site where the traders were relocated, and he pledged to personally donate some paints to beautify the Stands that the traders are occupying.
Mr. Nkombo has directed the Lusaka City Council to immediately secure some space within the temporal trading area to put up more toilets and water points to provide a conducive environment for the traders.