Bwanika to decongest Kampala
Nov 23, 2010
THE People’s Development Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Dr. Abed Bwanika, yesterday launched his manifesto in which he plans to decongest Kampala city.
By Madinah Tebajjukira
THE People’s Development Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Dr. Abed Bwanika, yesterday launched his manifesto in which he plans to decongest Kampala city.
At a low profile function at Speke Hotel in Kampala, Bwanika said he will relocate the country’s capital to Nakasongala district which he said has vast land and is accessible to all regions in the country.
However, he said, the location of the new city would be decided by all Ugandans.
Bwanika noted that if elected president, he will make Kampala a central business district, and demolish old buildings and those built on road reserves.
“Under our 25- year national guidance and development plan, we shall be forced to demolish some buildings in Kampala. It is very expensive but we have no option because the city is messed up,†Bwanika said.
The PDP president plans to develop Arua town into a regional trade hub to capture market from Southern Sudan and north-eastern Congo. Arua will also serve the West Nile regional headquarter.
Kasese town will be developed into both a regional trade centre and a tourist city to capture the market of the eastern Congo and improve the tourist industry in the region.
Similar developments, Bwanika said, will be carried out in Kabale to tap revenues from south eastern Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, and it will serve as the regional headquarter for Kigezi region.
Other cities to be developed are Mbale, Jinja, Mbarara, Masaka, Soroti, Hoima, Gulu, Lira and Moroto.
The PDP manifesto, which is sale at sh20, 000, outlines how to combat maternal health, improve education, combating terrorism and streamlining recruitment in the public service and the army.
Bwanika noted that he will trim the Cabinet from the current 70 ministers to 30.
He also promised to re-instate presidential term limits and to implement regional tier parliaments called lower and upper parliaments or senates.
In the lower parliament, legislators will mainly debate party issues, while the senators or upper parliament debate national issues. The senators will be mandated with supervising debates of lower parliaments.
He also promised to classify the country’s road network as national, regional, district and sub-county roads.
THE People’s Development Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Dr. Abed Bwanika, yesterday launched his manifesto in which he plans to decongest Kampala city.
At a low profile function at Speke Hotel in Kampala, Bwanika said he will relocate the country’s capital to Nakasongala district which he said has vast land and is accessible to all regions in the country.
However, he said, the location of the new city would be decided by all Ugandans.
Bwanika noted that if elected president, he will make Kampala a central business district, and demolish old buildings and those built on road reserves.
“Under our 25- year national guidance and development plan, we shall be forced to demolish some buildings in Kampala. It is very expensive but we have no option because the city is messed up,†Bwanika said.
The PDP president plans to develop Arua town into a regional trade hub to capture market from Southern Sudan and north-eastern Congo. Arua will also serve the West Nile regional headquarter.
Kasese town will be developed into both a regional trade centre and a tourist city to capture the market of the eastern Congo and improve the tourist industry in the region.
Similar developments, Bwanika said, will be carried out in Kabale to tap revenues from south eastern Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, and it will serve as the regional headquarter for Kigezi region.
Other cities to be developed are Mbale, Jinja, Mbarara, Masaka, Soroti, Hoima, Gulu, Lira and Moroto.
The PDP manifesto, which is sale at sh20, 000, outlines how to combat maternal health, improve education, combating terrorism and streamlining recruitment in the public service and the army.
Bwanika noted that he will trim the Cabinet from the current 70 ministers to 30.
He also promised to re-instate presidential term limits and to implement regional tier parliaments called lower and upper parliaments or senates.
In the lower parliament, legislators will mainly debate party issues, while the senators or upper parliament debate national issues. The senators will be mandated with supervising debates of lower parliaments.
He also promised to classify the country’s road network as national, regional, district and sub-county roads.