MBARARA DISTRICT, CITY LEADERS FIGHT OVER KAMUKUZI BUILDINGS

By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Mbarara—

Mbarara district leadership led by the district chairman Didas Tabaro and Mbarara city council leadership led by mayor Kakyebezi are locked up in fist fights over properties.

The fights resumed on Sunday 22nd.August.2021 in a meeting convened at Igongo cultural center that was chaired by Hon. Rapheal Magyezi the minister for local government.

Magyezi last week met a selected team from Mbarara district and Mbarara city council to discuss on the fate of the properties where the district has been before it can shift to Bwizibwera.

According to the law Mbarara city council is supposed to take over the premises of Kamukuzi where Mbarara district headquarters have been though the district leadership are still claiming the ownership of the premises.

There is a sharp rift between mayor Kakyebezi Robert and the Mbarara district boss Didas Tabaro and it is said that these two don’t see eye to eye.

Didas Tabaro during the meeting with the minister emphasized that they can’t leave the ownership of the district premises since mayor Kakyebezi and team don’t know how the buildings at the district were built.

Tabaro noted that the district has for a long been collecting revenue out of these buildings at the district so Kakyebezi and team don’t have knowledge on how to manage the properties at Kamukuzi.

Tabaro further noted that they don’t have problem with the city occupying the district premises at Kamukuzi but they want some of the buildings to stay in the hands of the district.

Tabaro said that the district has on several occasions given plenty land to Mbarara city council thus generating a lot of revenue to the council

Mayor Kakyebezi in his submission asked the minister to give the district leadership money (capital) and leave Kamukuzi amicably and shift to Bwizibwera instead of claiming the ownership of Kamukuzi.

“What if other districts which were curved from Mbarara district come claiming the ownership of Kamukuzi, would they allow them to go on,” Kakyebezi added.

Some of the properties which the two parties are fighting for include the buildings rented by MUBS University, building that is rented by UMI, Nganwa hostels which is occupied by Generation suites and king of Kings.

The meeting that was attended by Members of Parliament from Mbarara city and the district failed to bear fruitful thoughts and on this point, they agreed to select a committee composed of the LCV chairman, city Mayor and the members of parliament from Mbarara city and the district.

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