Tag Archives: Gulu City Council

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has arrested six officials of Gulu City Council over allegations of embezzling over 200 million shillings in local revenue. The suspects were picked up on Thursday by plain cloth police officers backed by Internal Security Organization personnel in Gulu city. They …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council will establish weekly markets to accommodate vendors who were evicted from the streets. The resolution was made during a security meeting held at the Gulu city yard following an outcry from the evicted vendors citing a lack of space in the gazetted markets. …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee-PAC Local Government have handed four officials of Gulu City Council to the police over allegations of forgery. The officials are George Kidega, the Senior Finance Officer, Christo Balmoi, the Principal City Engineer, Richard Kidega, the Human Resource …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council has earmarked Shillings 335 million shillings for the construction and rehabilitation of classrooms in five primary schools. This is part of the Shillings 13 billion allocated to the Education Department for the financial year 2022/2023. The money is meant for the construction …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council has earmarked Shillings 50 million for establishing an engineering laboratory for testing construction materials. This is to ensure that all roads and buildings are constructed with materials that are tested and approved. Christopher Balmoi Omara, the Gulu City Engineer told URN in …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council has received the final draft of its new Physical Development Plan for scrutiny. The draft plan was developed by the Global Green Growth Initiative-GGGI through Mott MacDonald, an international firm with funding from the European Union under Greening Uganda’s Urbanization and Industrialization Project. …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu city councilors have faulted the Ministry of Finance for failing to remit the council’s local revenue collected using the Integrated Revenue Administration System-IRAS. The government allocated local revenue worth 491 Million Shillings to Gulu City Council for the financial year 2021/2022 but using the IRAS, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council has phased out the physical collection of local revenue and opted for the online system. This follows leakages in local revenue collection which has led to a drop in the collections. In the 2019/2020 financial year, Gulu city then a municipality projected …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council is currently failing to collect and dispose off 90 tons of solid waste generated daily. According to information from Gulu City Council health inspector’s office, Gulu city collects only 40 tons out of 130 tons of solid waste daily, leaving piles of …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council has approved an annual fee of Shillings 48,000 for boda boda riders operating within the city. This is an increase of Shillings 28,000 set in the financial year 2020/2021. There are over 7,000 boda boda riders in Gulu operating under various boda …