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Shs 23 bln road project staggers in Mbarara City
MBARARA– Mbarara City Council has warned Multiplex Limited that it stands to be fined Shs 2.3 billion after the construction company failed to beat the deadline for the completion of major roads…
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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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Mbarara City earmarks Shs39.3 budget for FY 2023/24
MBARARA -Mbarara City intends to spend Shs 39.3 billion during the financial year [ FY ] 2023/24, which is less than Shs 40.2 bln earmarked in the current FY 2022/23. Patrick Kanamugira,…
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MP irritated over continued closure of Mbarara Central Market
MBARARA- Mbarara City North legislator Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari has asked the government to allow city vendors to occupy the redeveloped Mbarara Central Market. Rukaari made his remarks on Tuesday at the city’s headquarters…
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MPs urge govt to draft comprehensive policy on tax collections
KAMPALA– Members of Parliament [MPs] on Thursday passed a motion urging the government to develop a comprehensive policy to streamline tax collection processes in the country. At a plenary sitting chaired by…
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Mbarara RCC warns MPs to stop wasting taxpayers’ money on monitoring
MBARARA– Mbarara Resident City Commissioner [RCC] Lt Col. James Mwesigye, has condemned the manner in which parliamentary committees move to local governments to threaten project implementers without causing any change. He said…
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Mbarara city launches property tax validation to raise Shs9b from local revenue collection
MBARARA – Where as Mbarara city’s total budget stands at Shs 45b; a total of Shs 9b approximately 20% comes from local revenue collection realized from trading licenses and other taxes imposed…
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Mbarara city councilors accuse city clerk of misappropriating funds used to procure land
MBARARA – Mbarara City councillors have tasked the City Clerk to appropriately account for more than Shs 624 million used to procure two different pieces of land that were meant for the…
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Mbarara City, district clash over court of appeal ruling on allocation of premise
MBARARA – Mbarara City is engaged in a series of disagreements over possession of the property that originally belonged to Mbarara District Local Government. According to Didas Tabaro, the current Chairman of…
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Fire guts timber worth millions; one dead in Mbarara City
MBARARA – Dozens of traders lost property worth millions on Monday October 25th, 2021 after a fire engulfed timber traders near Mbarara Bus Park in Mbarara City. The fire, that is believed…
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