Kaabong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Kaabong district have expressed concerns over limited access to social services. The communities in the sub-counties of Kalapata, Sidok, and Kakamar lack access to essential services such as health , education, and roads among others. Robert Lokaliboye, a resident of Sidok sub county …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in parishes that were annexed to Masaka city are concerned by the slow pace of integration into the new urban local government. In July 2020, the former Masaka Municipal Council expanded its boundaries and annexed parishes from the neighboring districts of Kalungu and Lwengo, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in areas that were recently annexed to Masaka city are clamoring for effective representation and fair distribution of social services. To realize the creation of Masaka city in July this year, it required that the neighbouring districts of Kalungu and Lwengo to surrender part …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has secured a financing package of about 1.1 Trillion Shillings from the World Bank improve service delivery in local governments. This is additional funding to the 200 billion dollars received under the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Program for Results,(UgIFT), to boost service delivery …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that as Uganda allocates more resources to interest repayment, key social services are being starved which will, in turn, impact health, schools, and job creation. In its latest economic outlook report for Uganda after the executive consultations on …
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