Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Social Security Fund- NSSF wants the laws governing its investments amended to allow the fund to lend money to local governments. This comes after the local government officials and a UN official called for the empowerment of local governments to negotiate their loans and …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mayor of Jinja municipality Majid Batambuze has tasked government to ensure immediate funding of the newly created cities. Seven regional cities namely; Jinja, Arua, Fort Portal, Mbale, Mbarara, Gulu and Masaka started operations on Wednesday. However, the interim leaders have stressed inadequate funding as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mayors under their umbrella body, the Urban Authorities Association of Uganda have run to court seeking to block the operationalisation of the newly created cities some of which are expected to become operational at the start of the new financial year. Those expected to …
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