Tag Archives: Masaka

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Masaka city council have started a campaign to block children from accessing markets and hawking as a measure to stop the spread of Covid-19. Following President Yoweri Museveni’s announcement of a second lockdown, that also included the closure of educational institutions for 42 …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Local Government Ministry is considering further amendments to the local government Act to introduce provisions too specific to the management of the newly created cities. In July last year, the government started operationalizing seven new cities including Hoima, Mbarara, Mbale, Gulu, Jinja, Masaka …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The suspension of the free electricity connection policy by the government has been identified as one of the push factors for illegal connections and power theft in Masaka sub-region. According to reports from the power distributor Umeme Limited, 30.4 percent of the power supplied to the …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Big tasks are awaiting the new mayor of Masaka city Florence Namayanja. Namayanja, the former Member of Parliament for Bukoto East constituency was on Tuesday inaugurated as mayor of Masaka city. She replaces Godfrey Kayemba who served for two consecutive terms until 2020 when it was …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Beneficiaries of the government’s special grant for Persons with Disability in Masaka district are demanding action against district officials accused of extortion. In the 2019/20 financial year, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development launched a special fund for Persons with Disabilities in groups, to …

Drug shops in Masaka are being subjected to trading license fees levied by city authorities Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several operators of drug shops in Masaka have raised concern over the levying of trading license fees, a tax which was outlawed by the court. The tax is being levied by Masaka …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Masaka district is on the spot for allegedly starving suspects while under detention. In a petition to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, a social rights activist Joseph Kasirye wants the MPs to probe into reports of violation of suspects rights while …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Martin Henry Bazzanya, a voter in Masaka district has run to High Court seeking to overturn the victory of Richard Ssebamala in the Bukoto Central parliamentary race. Ssebamala defeated the incumbent Bukoto Central MP and Vice president Edward Ssekandi, who was seeking his fifth five-year elective …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka city authorities have stopped approving building plans that don’t provide for green spaces. All developers intending to put up structures of any size within Masaka city are required to reserve a sizeable percentage of green space before they present them to the city physical …

Beneficiaries are losing interest in the program citing the long bureaucratic tendencies Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bureaucracy is frustrating the implementation of the new presidential initiative on wealth and job creation dubbed “Emyooga,” Community Development Officers in Masaka have revealed. According to the program design, groups of people doing …