Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese municipality has recorded an increase in local revenue collection over a period of ten years. While the district collected 650 million Shillings in 2011, the figure has since jumped to 1.2 billion Shillings by 2019, before taking a dive in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic …
Read More »Kasese councillors agree to reduce their emoluments over low revenue collection
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kasese Municipality Council has unanimously agreed to reduce the councillors’ emoluments for the financial year 2021/2022. The council also resolved to cut down on the emoluments of the council’s speaker, the mayor and their deputies. Kasese municipal council will have more than 40 councillors …
Read More »Kasese leaders ask gov’t to resettle persons living along river banks
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese District leaders have asked the government to relocate persons living along the banks of major Rivers Nyamwamba and Mubuku. The leaders argue that they don’t have land to resettle the persons. They are also concerned that if the current heavy rains continue the district could …
Read More »Kasese district leaders raise flag over illegal sand mining
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district leaders have raised a red flag over sand mining across major rivers in the district. Last month, floods ravaged Kasese after rivers Nyamwamba, Nyamugasani and Mubuku burst their banks. The locals have now returned to the same rivers to extract sand deposits. …
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