Nabulagala road side market, One lady a widow commonly known as Mutoro because she is a Mutoro by tribe sells fruits mainly and other foods like cassava,sweet potatoes, pumpkins etc.She says she targets customers who come from work every evening as the market is next to the last destination for the taxis , She can not afford to get a stall in the gazzeted market nearby because she cant afford rent and the stall require a sizeable stock which she cant afford and lastly the road side market is near her one room where she rents with her three children who go to the school opposite the market. She can easily monitor home as well as school and works till late hours without any disturbance and she confesses that the business is good because she is looking after her children , so far she has worked for a year and her savings in the women SACCO ( Kasubi women Vendors Savings and Credit Cooperative) has grown. Her target in the next two years is to buy a plot ,put a house and does her business at her home she she says its possible and she is going to achieve.
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Thank you for sharing. Indeed people target certain places for special reasons. The place is convenient for her. She doesnât have to carry the foodstuff far from home.
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I spoke to this woman at monkeybay market,she sells fruits only and she is good with seasonal fruits.She doesnt come to sell her fruits in the afternoon,she sells them in the evening only from 4 oâclock to 9 oâclock pm.At this hour most of the sellers sell their products along the main road outside the market.According to her this is the best time to do her business because the people she targets are the working class who mostly come to the market in the evening ans those who wander in the road late in the evening.mostly in the afternoon people buy vegetables and other products but not fruits.
Thanks for sharing Rashidah I always wonder the reasoning for starting at that time. There is an area here in Cape Town where in late afternoon to evening you see a lot of Tshisa Nyama (people selling braai meat or barbecue) starting their fires. I had always asked myself why they only start late and not in the morning. Now I understand probably they are targeting people coming from work and really want something quick to eat and probably have no time to do so at home. What still puzzles me though is why they sell the same thing in the same spot because it would be more profitable to sell different items per stall or if still selling the same thing move to your own spot
I sometimes visit the Awka playground which is about 1.2 kilometres away from my work place and Radio House, A make-shift playground that has a pitch for football and an indoor sports complex though not befitting. All form of Sporting activities such as football etc happens there. I had the opportunity of asking two persons why they were there. One a Commerical motocyclist and a Vendor.
Here are their Comments.
COMMERCIAL MOTORCYCLIST: " I am here to convey people to this place and back to their various destinations, Also intend to make money while doing this to make ends meet as i am a family man with 3 kids.
BEVERAGE VENDOR: I normally come here to make money from the Ice Creams i sell, Some days the day may be very hot because of the heat of the sun, so its an opportunity for me to make money and alot of people partronize me by buying my Ice Creams and sachet water i have here.
I think its because people are used to getting them at the usual spots and changing places would make them loose their customers