Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â Wakiso district councilors have refused to pass the 320 Million Shillings Covid-19 supplementary budget. During the council meeting held on Thursday, the Wakiso LC V chairperson Matia Lwanga Bwanika presented the supplementary budget and requested the council to approve it. He told the councilors that …
Read More »Wakiso district seeks help to reclaim Gunda forest from encroachers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â Wakiso district authorities are appealing to the Environment Ministry to help them reclaim Gunda forest reserve in Katabi town council from illegal occupants. The forest measuring 57 hectares was gazeted in 1932 and in 1998, it was categorized as a local forest reserve, owned and …
Read More »Namayumba town council LCs demand their 25% ‘revenue’
Wakiso, Uganda |Â THE INDEPENDENT |Â Â Namayumba town council’s LC chairpersons in Wakiso district are demanding their obligatory 25% share of the revenue from the town clerk James Ssewankambo. They said that they were approached by the town clerk and they were requested to give back the 25% they receive for …
Read More »Wakiso authorities resolve to widen Nsangi-Buloba road
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Wakiso district works department has resolved to widen the passage through Buloba swamp along Nsangi-Buloba road in preparation for its upgrade to tarmac. Eng. Lillian Namutebi from Wakiso District Works Department, says they intend to widen the road in the swamp from the current 7 …
Read More »Wakiso district leaders disagree on delayed city status
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district chairman Matia Lwanga Bwanika has expressed reservations on the omission of Wakiso from the list of administrative units which attained city status this financial year. Wakiso was among the new areas approved for elevation to attain city status. However, the operationalization of …
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