FINALLY BUSHENYI ISHAKA MUNICIPAL OFFICES OPENED, MAYOR SPITS FIRE BEFORE COMMISSIONERS

By Domisiano Ayebare

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In Bushenyi

The Bushenyi Ishaka municipal offices that were closed on Friday 28^th Feb.2020 by the civil society, municipal and district leaders have finally been opened.

The offices were closed following the municipal authorities’ failure to account for the missing ugx 194 million received from the revenue.

The offices were opened  after a meeting attended by team from local government headed by the commissioner urban inspections Sendaula Yasin , Civil society ,councilors at all levels ,deputy CAO, town clerk, and all other stakeholders.

During the meeting, Mayor Jackson Kamugasha revealed that there is misuse of road funds, citing out that money which was meant for murram was swindled.

He further asked the Commissioners to investigate the misused money as they bring back the report.

Mayor told the meeting that the municipality lives in debts noting that they were recently taken to the court by Bamwine Henry for failure to pay 38 million for the petrol used by government vehicles.

Commissioner Sendaula Yasin opened the offices to quicken investigations as they are still waiting for the minister for Local government Raphael Magezi to come on Friday 6^th March to sort out the issues.

In response to the mayor’s concern on loss of road funds, Sendaula told the meeting that there was someone who used to submit false documents to the council before being forwarded to the ministry of finance.