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Effective 1st July 2020
✔Arua City
✔Gulu City
✔Jinja City
✔Mbarara City
✔Fort Portal City
✔Mbale City
✔Masaka City
July 1, 2021
☑Hoima City
July 1, 2022
☑Entebbe and Lira Cities
July 1, 2023
☑ Moroto, Nakasongola, Soroti, Kabale and Wakiso Cities
SOURCE: PWATCH UG
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has today voted for the creation of 15 new cities in the country.
The cities to be created over four years are Jinja, Mbarara, Fort Portal, Masaka, Mbale, Arua, Gulu, Hoima, Lira ,Soroti, Entebbe, Moroto, Nakasongola, Kabale and Wakiso.
With a majority of 312 votes out of 313, MPs voted for the Motion for resolution of Parliament on alteration of boundaries under Art 179(1) A of the Constitution and declaration of cities under Section 7(2a) of the Local Gov’t Act.
Only Sarah Opendi from Tororo voted against the motion, saying that the recent budget that was passed by parliament for FY 2020/21 does not fully address the demands of some of the Local governments, Districts and Municipalities.
Uganda Parliament Motion on… by The Independent Magazine on Scribd
Thanks alot for widening the market base for many educationists this will now enabling to adecrease in unemployment as unbalanced regional development in the country thanks alot such agreat kind of future forecast…
Thanks alot is going to job opportunity
Although people will get jobs,they will have to buy the jobs if not the westerns will be the one to get jobs first
shall there be finance to manage the cities? sometimes we get excited without deeper financial analysis that is why politicians/ managers will always disagree with accountants
Nice but their should be apolicy of removing old houses e.g soroti main street