Tag Archives: Masaka City

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka City authorities have condemned 160 schools, and ordered that they do not resume operations next month. According to a circular written by Stephen Kakeeto, the Masaka City Education Officer, the affected schools have been declared illegal and are not allowed to open for classes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, has cautioned his replacement; Joel Ssenyonyi against petty arguments that may distract him from executing the responsibilities of his new assignment. Last week, the National Unity Platform-NUP, made changes in their parliamentary leadership, naming Ssenyonyi as the …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in parishes that were annexed to Masaka city are concerned by the slow pace of integration into the new urban local government. In July 2020, the former Masaka Municipal Council expanded its boundaries and annexed parishes from the neighboring districts of Kalungu and Lwengo, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government schools in Masaka city are struggling with staff shortages, which is threatening consistency and the quality of learning. Gorreti Ndagire, the head teacher of Nyendo Public School, says that the school is understaffed by six teachers, despite the recently registered increase in the learners’ …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka City council is failing to restore depleted wetlands in the area. Some of the destroyed wetlands include Kajjansembe, Kassooka, and Ssenya located in the Kimanya-Kabonera division. They are geographically connected and feed into the Nabajjuzi swamp which is the main source of water for …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka City Stakeholders Committee has resolved to summon the former Masaka Municipal Council leaders to help trace the whereabouts of several missing properties and land titles. The City Stakeholders Committee resolved this after realizing that several land titles including those of key public properties went missing …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP youth league in Masaka city has suspended two of its members for undermining elected leaders. The suspended members are; Alice Nannungi, the Masaka city female councilor representing Nyendo-Mukungwe division and Ronald Kasekende, one of the party youth mobilizers in the area. …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in areas that were annexed to Masaka city are struggling to integrate their communities into the new urban local government systems. To qualify for elevation of city status, the former Masaka Municipal council was required to extend its boundaries into the neighbouring Kalungu and …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka city leaders are divided over the management of public transport in the area. The dispute is pitying Florence Namayanja, the Masaka City Council Mayor, and Michael Mulindwa Nakumusana, the Chairperson of the Nyendo-Mukugwe Division who are bickering over fines levied on taxis operating from …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka city leaders are demanding a review of the recruitment process of parish chiefs who are meant to oversee the implementation of the Parish Development Model program in the area. Towards the end of last year, the government undertook a nationwide exercise to recruit parish …