Owino Market is on Fire
This morning, I received an urgent call with the news, ‘Owino Market is on Fire’. Having spent time in and around Owino over the last few...
National Theatre to become a shopping mall
Recently, I read a news article stating that the National Theatre was to be demolished for a shopping mall, a few days later, the same...
Meeting the Market Management
The management of the market is a key part of my study of markets in Kampala. The current management of Owino Market is under the...
Arcades, Malls and Complexes
Over the last few weeks I have visited a few different commercial schemes in Kampala's CBD. The three schemes below are all 10 years (or...
Series of commercial development projects
The plan and photographs below highlight a number of commercial developments around my site. The distance from the northern most project...
The Camp of Impalas
In 1887, British Colonialists arrived to find one of the largest powers in East Africa, the Baganda Kingdom situated in Mengo. Mengo...
Maps
I went back to the Uganda Society Library to look at the maps I had picked out last week. I was given permission to photograph the maps...
Entry Into Owino Market
Owino Market, formally known as St Balikuddembe Market, was established in 1971 on the outer edge of the Central Business District of...
Periodic Markets in Uganda
Martha Muragua is an urban planner in the Ministry of Housing and Lands in Kampala. Her master’s thesis focused on periodic markets in...