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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A disagreement has emerged between Henry Musasizi, the State Minister of Finance for General Duties, and Raphael Magyezi, Minister for Local Government over the creation of Kabale city.
In 2019, Kabale Municipality was listed among municipalities that will be elevated to city status in 2023. The other municipalities include Moroto, Masaka, Soroti, and Wakiso.
Last Sunday, Musasizi told the people of Kabale Municipality that they should forget about the city status. He explained that ministry officials met President Museveni and agreed to halt the creation of more cities and other administrative units.
According to Musasizi, during the discussion with Museveni, they realized that the creation of more cities and other administrative units only benefits individuals politically.
However, Magyezi says that the government has not yet taken a stand to change the resolution of Parliament that approved the creation of the cities. Magyezi emphasizes that as far as his ministry is concerned, cities including that of Kabale will soon start operations.
Magyezi also says that his ministry has no official communication indicating how there is no more creation of more cities. Cities that started operation effective July 1, 2020, include; Arua, Gulu, Jinja, Mbarara, Fort Portal, Masaka, and Mbale.
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Among the 15 Municipalities the cabinet had approved to have a city status in May 2019 in a phased manner included Kabale Municipality In the first lot,others were Arua, Gulu, Jinja, Fort portal and Mbarara would be elevated to city status, in the second cohort, Hoima and Mbale in 2021, while Lira and Entebbe will be in the third lot of elevation. Others are Nakasongola, Moroto, Masaka, Soroti, Kabale and Wakiso.
However, authorities including ministers from greater kabala because of jerousy have ignores the issue and president museven may get nothing in terms of votes from the block of ntungamo,Rukiga,Kanungu,kisoro,Rubanda,kabala and Rukungiri and City boundary consultations are supposed to fi final stages as per today .
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