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THIS WEEK: Kasese leaders clash over splitting district Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was drama and chaos in a district council meeting in Kasese District on Oct. 14 after a resolution was passed to create three new districts. The LC5 chairman Geoffrey Sibendire Bigogo, opposed the move causing more …

Kampala, Uganda | J OLOKA-ONYANGO |  Recent newspaper reports about the issue of Tororo state that President Yoweri Museveni has directed that the matter be resolved using the “colonial boundaries” in order to determine where the municipality should be located in the event of a split of the district. Such …

By Eriasa S. Mukiibi Unfulfilled commitments continue to hamper development in Butambala county, Mpigi district Clad in a somber black suit, Bavekuno Kyeswa, acting chairperson of the newly launched Butambala district, flips through a thick bundle of papers in his small, worn-down office. After a few moments of silence he …