THE GOV’T SHOULD DECLARE RUBANDA A HARD TO REACH AREA—DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

By Gideon Tumwijukye

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In Rubanda

Jogo Kenneth Biryabarema, the Rubanda District Chairman has cried to the Government to officially declare Rubanda district as a hard to reach area in Uganda  

The newly created district located in southwestern Uganda was curved out of Kabale district in the year 2016.

The district is very hilly and her biggest part is surrounded by Ecuya forest and Bwindi National Park.

Speaking to www.mknewslink.com  after a district budget conference at district headquarters, Biryabarema said that many civil servants shun the district whenever appointed there, saying the place is so hard to reach and remote.

Biryabarema said that if Rubanda was considered a hard to reach, civil servants would get extra benefits of hard to reach districts, which other districts don’t access thus luring them to live and work in Rubanda.

Wilberforce Korugyendo, the Rubanda district planner during the budget conference revealed that the district wasn’t performing to expectations as it lacks heads of departments at the district.

Korugyendo cited out lack of the District Health Officer (DHO), District Internal Auditor, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, District Engineer.

He said most civil servants at the district are acting, due to the fact that they have advertised for the jobs and failed to get those to occupy them.

It’s alleged that most of the houses in Rubanda town council that host the district headquarters are rented between Shs 50,000 and Shs 80,000 since they are reportedly of poor quality.

Rubanda was recently ranked among the worst performing districts in the country.

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