Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rehabilitation of two major roads in Fort Portal Tourism City has resumed. The roads are Kaboyo and Ruhandiika which had been contracted to Trino Consulting Limited. However, the construction works stalled last year after the company had just started grading the roads. This sparked endless …
Read More »Asaba Ruyonga bounces back as Fort Portal city mayor
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Edson Asaba Ruyonga, the National Resistance Movement -NRM candidate, has won the Fort Portal Tourism City Mayoral race. Ruyonga, who was the former Mayor Fort Portal Municipality from 2001 to 2016, defeated four others including the incumbent Rev Willy Kintu Muhanga, an independent candidate. …
Read More »Fort Portal mayor wants street parking contractor kicked out
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Interim Mayor of Fort Portal Tourism City Rev Willy Kintu Muhanga has written to the City Clerk, asking him not to extend the contract of the street parking. The said contract was awarded by Fort Portal Municipal Council in August 2019, to …
Read More »Fort Portal Mugurusi road green belt given to fast food company
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal Tourism City authorities have allocated the green belt along Mugurusi road to Every Body’s Kitchen – EBK, a fast food company. There has been speculation from various people over the past week that the city authorities had sold the green belt to …
Read More »Religious leaders in Tooro petition local gov’t minister over Fort Portal city boundaries
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda, Tooro chapter, has petitioned the Minister of Local Government Raphael Magyezi over the boundaries of Fort Portal Tourism City. According to the petition, the religious leaders argue that the approved boundaries are different from what the leaders and residents …
Read More »District leaders, mayors bicker over interim leadership of new cities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The row between district chairpersons and mayors over who should take over the interim leadership of the new cities has deepened. Parliament in April this year, approved the creation of 15 cities that will be operationalized in a phased manner starting with Jinja, Mbarara, …
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