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The curious case of Kampala’s Metroplex Shopping Mall⏤ why are tenants and shoppers cautious?

For quite a long time, the sprawling and magnificent Metroplex Shopping Mall, in the upscale Naalya suburb along the Kampala Northern By-Pass highway on the outskirts of Kampala city, has raised a lot of questions about its viability as a major real estate investment.  A recent online debate on the X social media platform placed the shopping mall into a critical spotlight with some commentators voicing their concerns about the ’emptiness’ of the mall as a proverbial white elephant.  A tour of the mall reveals some vacant space, low foot traffic, and a lack of vibrancy in shopping and entertainment experienced…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.