Shocked by their findings of ongoing excavation works, heaping of murram and gravels among others, Tayebwa expressed disappointment at the delay of the project, which was supposed to be completed by 2023 from the date of commencement as indicated in the contract agreement between the Government and the contractor.
Wakiso District LC V Chairperson, Matia Lwanga Bwanika, says that the district that is regarded as a city, lacks the required facilities for a city despite the fact that the collects lots of revenue from residents.
The traders accuse the Senior Assistant Secretary, Sylvia Nakyeyune of fraudulently awarding the tender. They claim that the tender was granted to a person who does not understand the market operation and who is mistreating them and demanding exorbitant fees.
The Kyengera Town Council LC III Chairperson, Mathias Walukagga made the appeal while commissioning the 4kilometer newly constructed Nanziga – Katulaga road.
Buying a grader has come after councilors raised a complaint of bad roads in their wards and when they brought the motion of buying grader councilors supported the motion of buying a grader.
Wakiso Town Council LC III Chairperson, Fredson Mukalazi Kasiwukira said that he was shocked by the conduct and protest by councillors. He explained that the first council was constituted in December last year followed by the constitution of committees after the one for swearing-in held in May.
It all started after Kiwalabye presented to the council the achievements and challenges in the current financial year which prompted the councilors to protest demanding to know why all their approved programs were never implemented.
Led by the division speaker, Experito Mutesasira, the councillor stormed the division l headquarters with placards with inscriptions demanding that the town clerk Rosette Namiiro vacates office because of her failure to deliver service.
Ali Edris Ssenyonjo, the Chairperson of the District Finance Committee said that all the council resolutions have been disregarded except resolutions of their interest like issuance of letters of administration which are implemented for their own benefit.
The Wakiso district water engineer Isaac Galabuzi said that this project is going to serve all the people who are on the main island of Bussi which has 3 parishes of Bwayise,Tebankiza and Bussi with 11 villages.
The Principal Physical Planner at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Jotham Muyambi notes that the new plan will focus on developing the already existing growth centres than allowing more others to crop up as they focus on land use and infrastructural development.
Local leaders say they have approached several district authorities requesting them to work on their road and they were assured that it would be done, but nothing was done.
Expired goods such as salt, sugar, baking flour, eggs, cooking oil, wheat flour, maize flour and beverages are among the over 1,200 tons of garbage disposed of the landfill each month but somehow find their way back into retail and wholesale shops and supermarkets for sale.
Muhammad Kisekka, a member of the Works Committee condemned the technical team that had allocated public funds to work on a private road at the expense of community projects.
The chief administrative officer Godfrey Kuruhira has said that the increment in the number of councilors from 52 to 112 will become a big burden to the district budget and hence the reason he has appealed to the ministry of local governments and that of finance to intervene by releasing funds from the central coffers to pay counselors’ emoluments.
The village chairpersons claim that over sh100m which is intended to address concerns of the local communities at village and parish levels was swindled by some technical staff members at the expense of the taxpayers.
