Speaking to newsmen, some of the traders expressed disappointment in the previous administration’s failure to give the shops back to the rightful owners after renovation.
They accused the past administration of using different methods to deny them of their rights to own back their shops.
The shop owners who are mainly women alleged that the previous government illegally allocated shops to people who did not own shops before the fire incident.
Today FM reports that a section of the Mile 1 market, also known as the Rumuwoji market has been under lock and key for ten years.