Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Local Government has opposed the proposal by the Ministry of Finance directing newly created administrative units to use their locally generated revenue for operations. The government created over 360 sub-counties and 350 town councils across the country but many have remained non-functional …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of road maintenance equipment is to blame for the poor transport network in Kitgum Municipality, the Mayor Walter Livingston Tooroma has revealed. According to Tooroma, they are unable to carry out periodic road maintenance and planned opening of roads in the peri-urban areas …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM party members have expressed mixed reactions to President Museveni’s guidelines on today’s party primaries. On Wednesday, President Yoweri Museveni, in his capacity as the NRM National Chairperson issued guidelines in which he instructed that all party members including those that are not …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen in Nakasongola district have protested the enforcement of guidelines that will limit them to using boats measuring 28 feet. Fishing across Lake Kyoga was suspended indefinitely by the Fisheries Protection Unit and the districts under their umbrella Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organisation in …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU and fishermen have both confessed committing mistakes which led to bloody operations against illegal fishing on Lake Kyoga. This came up during a visit by the Local Government State Minister, Jennifer Namuyangu to Nakasongola district on Tuesday to investigate complaints …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government will spend an additional 11. 3 billion shillings to operationalize Mbale and Masaka as regional cities during the financial year 2020-2021. This will be in addition to the initial budget of 130 billion shillings that was set aside for the operations of …
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