Authorities in Wakiso district have embarked on a house-to-house campaign of convincing land owners to surrender parts of their land in which the World Bank funded Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) without compensation. According to authorities, there are a number of landlords who have insisted that they need to first get compensated before consenting the […]
Mukono district leaders on Thursday went on the defensive after being blamed for moving at a snail speed in implementation of development projects including road construction funded by the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD). The Minister of State for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Kabuye Kyofatogabye was in Mukono Municipality to flag off the […]
A member of Mukono Municipality’s Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) of the World Bank-funded road construction project code-named Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area – Urban Development Programme (GKMA-UPA) has disclosed that the women’s poverty reduction intervention called GROW has failed to meet the intended goal. Stellah Bukoma of Goma Division said that an unnamed commercial bank’s staff […]
Security authorities have recommended shooting on-site criminals found vandalizing solar street lights installed along streets in Kabale municipality. Authorities revealed the recommendation on Friday during the commissioning of a sh1.99bn solar street light project under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) program with funding from World Bank. The solar lights installed along the Stadium […]