Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka City Council is seeking at least Shillings 480 million to convert hydro-powered streetlights to solar energy, aiming for sustainable utilization. In 2017, the then Urban Council of Masaka Municipality received a grant of 3.6 billion Shillings from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has asked the High Civil Division in Kampala to dismiss a suit filed by city lawyer Michael Aboneka against the authority for failure to install streetlights along the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. Aboneka ran to the High Court on June 16th, 2022 to declare …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) has tasked officials from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to explain why streetlights in many urban centres and cities are non-functional. The committee chaired by Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, Bardege-Layibi Division MP was on Wednesday, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka Municipal leaders are proposing to divert a substantial sum of money allocated under the Road Fund to meet the street lighting bill. Masaka municipality received up to 3.6 billion Shillings in 2017, to finance the installation of streetlights in the area as part …
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