A section of leaders led by Andrew Lukyamuzi Batemyetto the LCV Chairperson and Francis Kimuli, the district Council Speaker has slammed Magyezi accusing him of overstepping his mandate.
Hajji Kalifani Ssewante the Ministry’s Undersecretary noted that they have witnessed cases where some local governments deviate from strategic development guidelines issued to them, hence affecting their levels of transformation.
Professor Ezra Suruma does not discount the fact that some beneficiaries have squandered the resources. He notes that with robust tracking, the cash from the center can lift individuals out of poverty.
The affected administrative units are Kaliro town council in Lyantonde district, Katovu, and Kinoni town councils in Lwengo district, which leaders say are not delivering the required services due to funding.
During the commissioning of the Abuk-Awach district road, the Minister of State for Northern Uganda, Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny, representing the Minister of Local Government, emphasized the importance of the community taking ownership of and protecting government facilities like roads.
The new market was constructed under the second phase of Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Program-MATIP-II, at a tune of 18.06 billion Shillings. The funding is part of the loan obtained from the African Development Bank (ADB).
Bosco Oryema, the LCV Councilor for Paibona Sub-county told Uganda Radio Network in an interview that the decision to have staff transferred to Awach Town Council was made without the knowledge of the district councilors.
Nwoya District Local Government Communications Officer Geoffrey Axuma told Uganda Radio Network Wednesday 15 councilors had by Tuesday returned the bicycles allocated to them.
Court documents show that Dokolo officials unlawfully removed Obot and the eleven members of the board and subsequently replaced them with new members without substantial powers over the same.
The government planned to procure bicycles for 70,000 village and parish chairpersons countrywide in 2012 as a measure to ease mobility in the supervision of government programmes.
Professor Wilberforce Ahebwa the Chairperson of the Greater Ngoma Development Association says despite the many lower administrative units, the district has not created the desired change due to the large area and little funding from the central Government.
The 18.05 billion Shillings modern market was constructed under the second phase of the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Program-MATIP II, which was funded by a loan from the African Development Bank-ADB. The three-storied market has 761 stalls and 89 lockups
For several months, Lwengo district has been in the limelight over disputes pitting councilors, the district executive committee, and some of the technical staff.
