Insight
Small business operators want better roads, markets
With the 2012/2013 financial year coming to end in less than two months, citizens are full of expectation for better times ahead; they are looking forward to programmes that will improve their lives. Triphomus Muyagu caught up with small business operators and now brings you their suggestions:Margaret Mbabazi, a mushroom grower in KayonzaThe 2013/2014 budget should focus on improving feeder roads so that rural farmers can access markets, especially in Kigali. It should also ensure that we get fertilisers at subsidised prices to boost agriculture production and increase the base for agricultural exports.
Aisha Ahobantegeye, a vendor in Biryongo Market, wants the budget to focus on programmes that will boost job-creation. Small business operators like her hope the budget will help create more markets for local productsThe New Times / Triphomus Muyagu