Kampala capital city Traders Association (KACITA) has revealed that the continued closure of schools is retarding business amongst its traders.
In this regard, the association appealed to Government to open up all learning institutions as a way of boosting businesses.
While he addressed a press conference on Tuesday, KACITA acting chairperson Musoke Thadeus Nagenda said that schools have a great positive impact on business among which include those dealing in selling books, textiles, printable and stationary noting that the continued closure of schools renders a big number of traders and their employees jobless.
“Government can fight Coronavirus as the schools are running, this doesn’t only safeguard learners and the education sector but also business people who include those that had acquired loans to invest in schools and scholastic school materials,” he said.
Mike Kironde, the KACITA In Charge of private schools said that 70 percent of teachers in private schools have been vaccinated which justifies the need to reopen.
“There is also need to restore hope in the few teachers available before they can join their colleagues that have left Uganda looking for other means of survival,” he said.
