The money will be used to rehabilitate major roads leading to the mines and the offices, renovate an office block, work on a transmission line to Kilembe Secondary School and procurement of pumps for underground water.
Mumbere also applauded the business fraternity for their unity and support towards the cultural institution and asked them to continue embracing Kingdom activities.
John Wafula the chairperson United Association of fishing traders and importers limited, said the re-opening of the market is a huge relief to traders who had to endure tough trade conditions including high market dues, lack of storage facilities among others in DR. Congo market.
The government contracted Dott Services Limited in 2021 to construct roads that will connect Uganda to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cities of Beni, Goma, and Butembo.
The severe drought has also seen a drop in milk production and subsequent increase in price with a litre increasing from 2,000 Shillings a month ago to between 2,400 and 2,800 Shillings across the district
The traders say that there has been a huge gap in communication and information dissemination and if not addressed it will be difficult for the tax body to realize its targets.
Jane Masika Birungi, the Executive Director of Kilembe Investment revealed that the company has been losing nearly 2 billion shillings annually due to vandalism and theft.
The more than 8-kilometre stretch is a major route connecting Hima town council to the mountainous Kicwamba Sub County. Its construction stalled for more than two months due to heavy rains that devastated the area in recent months.
Irene Mbabazi Irumba, the Assistant Commissioner in the URA, notes that smuggling not only contributes to the entry of illicit goods but also affects the body's tax collection rate. This has a direct implication on the level of service delivery.
Stephen John Ajalu, Senior Urban Specialist from the World Bank told URN that if there was no timely monitoring and supervision from the local leaders on the ground shoddy work could have manifested like is the case in some other places they have visited.
Under the Voluntary Disclosure process, a taxpayer discloses information relating to tax liabilities, omissions, or misstatements and declarations to Uganda Revenue Authority-URA without being penalized.
Asasio Masereka, the Katwe-Kabatoro Community Development Officer says that the salt mining business in the area is less productive due to the absence of a factory to add value and also extend employment opportunities to the locals.
Nyakatonzi sub-county, which hosts the largest number of cattle in the district, three government-built valley dams have already dried up leaving farmers in fear. These dams serve close to 40, 000 cattle and other domestic animals
According to Atingi-Ego, given the importance of agriculture towards the economic development of the country, farmers need to be given all the necessary information and convenient financial products to boast social-economic transformation.
The World Bank financed the construction of the OSBP facility to the tune of over Shillings 5 billion through the Great Lakes Trade Facilitation - GLTF Project. The facility comprises offices from the immigration, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), and security among others.
Museveni who commissioned the new Border Export Zone-BEZ and the one-stop border post -OSBP on Wednesday explained that the intention of closing markets was to stop crowding as part of the COVID-19 containment measures since the country didn’t have vaccines at the time.
Wilson Bwambale Maguniha, one of the beneficiaries blames the government for failing to give them start-up capital to kick-start the project. He is concerned that the machine is likely to develop mechanical problems since it's exposed to a harsh environment.
Peter Businge, a salt miner says that they urgently need water pumps to push water out of the salt pans into the main Salt Lake and subsequently resume working.
Robert Kasaija, the LC 1 Chairperson of Katwe landing site, says crocodiles have killed more than 30 people and 100 domestic animals mainly cows and goats in the last three years.
