Musaga Market
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The Musaga Market (French: Marché de Musaga) is a public market in the Musaga zone of Muha Commune, Bujumbura, Burundi.
Location
Musaga Market is in the Musaga zone of the Commune of Muha.
As of 2010 Musaga Market in the south of the city was one of six major markets in Bujumbura.
The others were Bujumbura Central Market; Kinama in the north, Buyenzi (Ruvumera) and Kinindo in the west; and Kanyosha in the south.
Musaga Market was relatively new and well built.
Events and issues
In 2016 seven markets in Bujumbura were closed so they could be rehabilitated with funding from the European Union.
Traders were given a deadline of 18 January 2016 to vacate their stalls.
Temporary sites were allocated for the markets.
Kinama Market was given the Kinama zone football field, Ngagara Market had the Methodist Church field, Musaga Market had the SOCARTI field, Kinindo Market had the Kibenga field and Ruziba Market was relocated to a place called Kigobe beside the Mugere River.
Some traders moved to the temporary markets, and others to different markets that remained open.
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