‘Don’t you want us to eat?’: the moral economy of a Ugandan marketplace

Figures & data

Table 1. Market cases and accused persons, 2009–2012^a.

Cases		Accused persons
Type of charge	Frequency	Male	Female
Quarrelling (verbal)	13	8	19
Non-payment of debt	13	8	6
Use of bad/abusive language	12	5	19
Fighting (physical)	9	9	5
Neglect of leadership duties	9	11	3
Rumour mongering	7	0	17
Disrespecting market leaders	5	2	10
Use of threatening language	5	6	2
Domestic dispute	4	3	3
Obtaining or selling by false pretences	4	3	1
Use of witchcraft	1	0	7
Theft of property	1	1	0
TOTAL	83	56	92

^a The ‘types of charge’ described here are taken directly from the language of the meeting minutes, with the exception of ‘domestic dispute’ and ‘obtaining or selling by false pretences’. A single case often involved multiple charges and multiple accused persons; for example, seven women were accused in the single case of witchcraft. Of the 67 cases, 28 were reported by men, 25 by women and 14 by unspecified members of the disciplinary committee.