City Hall to monitor number of stalls owned by vendors

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown is now seeking to draft laws which will govern the number of stalls a market vendor can own. This was recently related by Mayor Patricia Chase Green during an interview with Guyana Times.
The Mayor said when they took over the office of the M&CC, they realised that there were more than one person who own or occupied a stall which was either given to them by relatives or handed down to them or simply purchased.
“While the Market Committee is meeting, all of these issues will be discussed. How many stalls or space one person can have to offer goods for sale. All of this will be

discussed in the vending policy,” the Mayor said.
The Mayor’s statement came days after the President of the Market Vendor’s Union, Eon Andrews raised concerns over persons having a number of stalls, lessening the chances of persons who may be in dire need of a means of earning an income.
“You got big store owners and all who owns a set of stalls in the market, otherwise to their stores and those stall persons could have who are in more need,” Andrews said.
He said he believes the Council ought to conduct a survey to determine who owns what stalls and the amount they are responsible for.
According to him, he is aware of cases where persons own more than one stall and are renting same to other vendors, which is not permitted.
The Guyana Competition and Consumer Affairs when asked to comment on the issue said the matter is out of their remit and lies solely under the control of the M&CC.