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Missing development plans cause confusion in Mbarara City Council
MBARARA – Mbarara City councillors have asked the city clerk and members of the executive committee to avail them the five-year development plan and five-year strategic plan, noting that the two documents…
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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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GULU: Local council leaders call for uniform allowances
GULU– Local council representatives at the different levels of local governments are calling for the streamlining of the variations in their sitting allowances, saying they are all facing the same economic hardships.…
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Mbarara market vendors petition authorities over rental fees
MBARARA– A section of Mbarara Central Market vendors have petitioned Mbarara city leadership, saying they cannot afford the monthly rental fees imposed on them by the authorities. According to Priscah Murongo, the…
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Lira councilors want Shs35bln World Bank project terminated
LIRA– A section of Lira City councilors are calling for the termination of Shs 35 billion contract for the upgrading of five major roads in the city under Uganda Support to Municipal…
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Lira City councilors demand Shs 78mln
Councilors in the two divisions of Lira City Council are demanding uncleared allowance of Shs 78 million for the previous financial year. The 94 councilors of Lira City East and West divisions…
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Minister Byamukama halts disbursement of PDM funds to beneficiaries
HOIMA– The State Minister for Works and Transport Fred Byamukama has halted the disbursement of funds under the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Hoima district over irregularities. Byamukama who was in the…
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Lira City to return Shs 19bln World Bank money
LIRA– Councilors of Lira City have raised concerns over Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development [USMID] project funded by the World Bank. They said part of the Shs 35 billion for…
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Over 17,000 Balalo illegally grazing cattle in Amuru district
AMURU– A select committee of Amuru district councilors has discovered that a total of 17,017 cattle keepers, commonly known as Balalo, illegally graze their animals in the district. The committee established that…
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Gulu City to spend 50.6 percent of 2022/23 budget on roads
GULU– Gulu City Council has approved a budget of Shs 48.7 billion for the financial year 2022/2023, with Shs 24.6bln or 50.6 percent of the total budget going to the construction of…
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