Godfrey Batalingaya, the LC 1 chairperson of Mazzi-Malungi village in Kinyogoga Sub-County, says that the lockdown saw a ban on Cattle markets in the area to stem the spread of COVID-19. According to Batalingaya, many of the residents in his jurisdiction who could take cattle products to markets every Monday were affected seriously due to loss of income.
Every day, at least 100 trucks transport sand from Kapeeka, Semuto, Kikamulo and Kito sub-counties in Nakaseke district. The sand is sold to construction sites in Kampala city and Wakiso district. But the task force has banned the activities saying that it is impossible to implement protect the workers and communities against the pandemic.
Nakaseke District Chairman Ignatius Koomu Kiwanuka says that the district needs more than 80 million Shillings to repair the vehicles and pay debts in garages to service them. He adds that the absence of transport has crippled service delivery this financial year because district staff are incapacitated and as such, cannot monitor government programmes.
Ignatius Koomu Kiwanuka, the Nakaseke LC 5 Chairman, says the district prefers that the interest rate be raised to 8-10% to cater for the high operational costs.
The fund channeled through the Parish Community Associations PCAs model, will see each parish given 30 million Shillings to boost already existing projects and revolves. The funds revolve within the parish on an annual basis. Up to eight billion Shillings has been allocated to the scheme in its first phase.
President Museveni explained that the halal meat processing abattoir operated by Egypt Uganda Food Security Company has failed to operate, two years after it was launched, mainly because of bottlenecks instigated by government agencies.
Benjamin Makanga, the Nakaseke District Works and Natural Resources Secretary, says they did consultations within and outside the district before arriving at tax rates.
The directive, seeks to synchronize information in the National Identity data bank, with mobile phone subscription. The validation can be done online by pressing 197. However, only persons with National Identification Numbers etched on their National Identity cards are able to have their simcards validated within the specified period.
Four months after the directive, Lake Kyoga is witnessing an unprecedented increase in illegal fishing activities. Fishermen are freely using sand, stones, logs of wood, tree branches and all forms of illegal fishing gear to get as much fish from the lake, which has over forty-six species of fish.
He says that audit report shows that the money was irregularly withdrawn and accountability forged by Fred Mugume, the former manager of Wakyato SACCO. Mwesigye says that the audit also shows that some of items purchased by the SACCO were inflated by adding zeros on their actual costs.
Four Developmental groups in Nakaseke District, on Thursday received shillings 105 million shillings from the Ministry of Luweero Triangle under Luweero Ruwenzori Development Project to improve the livelihoods of the people.
The opening of a newly constructed market in Kapeeka in Nakaseke district has hit a snag following a dispute over the ownership of the land on which the market is built.
