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SOROTI: Fish and fresh food traders of Soroti city have been left in disbelief after the recovery of Shs2bn fresh food cooler house in Kagwara landing site in Serere district.
The cooler house donated by Italian government to the fish and fresh food traders of Soroti disappeared from Soroti old market in 2017 just after the contractors started demolishing the old market to rebuild the modern one. This publication learnt that all along the traders and the concerned residents of Soroti have been asking themselves including asking their leaders who took the cooler house and where it was but there was no answer.
However last week Anti-corruption monitors from Soroti city discovered the cooler house in Kagwara landing site being used by yet to be known private person to cool fish. Grace Nambose a fish trader in Soroti city said they were shocked when the information reached to them after the discovery of the cooler house in Kagwara.
“We traveled to Kagwara landing site and we were surprised to get the cooler house being used in Kagwara yet it was a property for the traders of Soroti city,”She said.
Joel Otimong another and trader suspected that the cooler house which can shifted like a container could have been sold by their leaders given the fact that no one has ever explained to them.
“Soroti is one of the most corrupt city in the entire country look at how they are illegally selling people’s land and subleasing it without following the proper procédure said.
Officials from Soroti city have of recent been in the media over corruption. This publication also learnt that the public address system which was within the market has also gotten lost and it’s whereabouts has remained unknown.
Mr.Paul Omer the Mayor of Soroti east division who happened to be the municipal mayor by the time cooler house disappeared could not be reached for the comment. Mr. Christopher Daniel Kawesi the Soroti city town clerk could also not pick up our repeated calls.
However the traders said they were mobilizing to storm to Kagwara landing site with the low bed truck to transport back the cooler house to Soroti.
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