In October 2010 the mayor of Bujumbura decided to make some of the municipal markets more specialized.

Wholesalers selling dried fish, hardware and second-hand clothes would be transferred to the modern Buyenzi Market.

The police closed the stands of the second hand clothes stores, so they would move to Buyenzi Market.

[2] The temporary market of Kibenga was in a poor site due to its proximity to the Kanyosha River.

[5] The mayor of Bujumbura decided to transfer all bus parking lots with connections to the south of the country to Kinindo Market, effective August 2021.