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Mbarara City approve Shs 51.4bln budget for next financial year
MBARARA CITY, June 2, 2024 – Mbarara City has approved a total budget of Shs 51,475,161,000 for the financial year [FY] 2024/2025, which is slightly higher than Shs 39.3 billion for the…
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Western
Mbarara City Council to introduce occupation permit fees
MBARARA, December 29, 2023 – Mbarara City Council has directed the Office of the Town Clerk to be ready to start collecting occupational permit fees in a bid to boost local revenue…
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Western
City authorities, fishmongers in stand-off over rental fees
MBARARA – Authorities in Mbarara City say they have so far lost revenue of Shs 18 million that was supposed to be collected as rental fees from fresh fish vendors operating in…
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Lack of funds hinders completion of Fort Portal City head office
FORT PORTAL – The construction of the headquarters of Fort Portal City Council still hangs in balance due to lack of money. In 2010, the then Fort Portal Municipal Council embarked on…
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Mbarara Central Market rental fees cut to appease vendors
MBARARA –Mbarara City council authorities have paid heed to the concerns of vendors by reducing the prohibitive rental fees for lock-ups in the new Mbarara Central Market. Since June 2022, most lock-ups…
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Development
Kikuube councilors reject plan to give free land to judiciary
KIKUUBE-The Kikuube district executive [DEC] and councilors have disagreed over a proposal to offer free land measuring two acres to the judiciary for the establishment of a prison, directorate of public prosecutions…
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Mbarara boda boda riders feud over election of leaders
MBARARA- A cross section of boda boda riders have disagreed with Mbarara City leadership on the election processes for the new leaders. According to Majidu Luganda, the interim chairperson of Mbarara General…
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DINU programme to close next year
The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [ DINU ], a Euro 150 million programme funded by the European Union [EU] to support interventions in food security, infrastructures and good governance will close…
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District officials in trouble over misuse of Shs 210mln for Budongo Seed School
MASINDI – Masindi district councilors want action taken against officials who allegedly diverted Shs 210 million meant for the procurement of ICT equipment for Budongo Seed School in Nyantonzi Sub-county. In 2019…
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East Africa
Somali president says country ready to join EAC
MOGADISHU-Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has urged the East African Community [EAC] to fast-track the admission of his country into one of Africa’s dynamic blocs. President Mohamud said Somalia’s bid to join…
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