NEWS- Kabale Muslim District Supreme Council has joined a section of residents to demand the operationalization of kabale city status.
They revealed this on Wednesday during Eid –el-Fitr celebrations which were held at Ndorwa primary school playground in southern Division Kabale Municipality.
Speaking to our reporter, Hajji Issa Tindyebwa who is the Chairperson Kabale Muslim District Supreme Council Chairperson said that some of the visionary leaders like the former Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda had good ideas of Kabale getting a city status but they are disappointed with certain political leaders against it.
Tindyebwa added that the people who proposed Kabale to have a city status were not wrong advising those opposed to this status not to be selfish saying that the city will benefit the entire Kigezi sub region.
Cue in…………Hajji Issa on City
A section of Residents led by the former chairperson LC5 Rubanda Jogo Keneth Biryabarema and other concerned locals under their umbrella Kabale city claim forum had demanded the state minister for finance General Duties Henry Musasizi Ariganyira to withdraw his words against attainment of a city status in Kabale.
Cue in……………Jogo on city
However, the State minister for finance General Duties Henry Musasizi Ariganyira gave out three roads that need to be worked on first before Kabale district is accorded a city status come 2025.
Musasizi said that Kabale will not get a city status before the completion of Rwakaraba –Bunyonyi road, Rubuguri road, Katuna Muko road, and Kamukyira health center IV being elevated to the district hospital.
The Minister added that without the above, the public should forget the hopes of the city status saying that it only brings new leaders in the government.
Cue in……….Musasizi on city
Kabale Municipality was among the 15 Municipalities the cabinet had approved to have a city status in May 2019 in a phased manner. In the first lot, Arua, Gulu, Jinja, Fort portal and Mbarara would be elevated to city status, in the second cohort, Hoima and Mbale in 2021, while Lira and Entebbe will be in the third lot of elevation. Others are Nakasongola, Moroto, Masaka, Soroti, Kabale and Wakiso.
However, According to authorities, Kabale City boundary consultations were to be made in 2025.
