KIBIITO TOWN COUNCIL RESIDENTS DEMAND IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE

Residents of Kibiito town council Kabarole district have today 8/4/2013 dug trenches along Kasaali-katugunda road in the West ward of the town council which is impassable especially during rainy season.Angry residents comprising mainly Motorcycle(boda boda) taxi operators mounted check points along the road and dug several trenches and planted banana stems and tree branches as a form of protest. The angry residents accuse their leaders of the two year old town council saying the politicians made empty promises while looking for votes. Several district leaders including the LCV Vice Chairman were briefly held up at a burial ceremony of  one of the area senior resident Charles Abwoli and were booed by the residents when they tried to address them on the poor road infrastructure. The town Council LCIII Chairman who is better known as the MAYOR was Mr Gaudezio Tigwezire tried to explain the poor road infrastructure and told the mourners that the district Chairperson Richard Rwabuhinga was organizing a crisis meeting to discuss the poor road network not only in Kibiito but the district at large.Two boda boda cyclist who were found digging the trenches along the roads were beaten thoroughly by security officials and one of them was in critical condition and was driven to Fort Portal main police station.  
 When Rwenzori Journalist Forum-RJF talked to some residents, there were mixed reactions with some saying the Town Council has not made their life any easier as earlier promised while others say that it is still early days.Anti-riot Police engaged angry residents in running battles in and around Kibiito trading center bringing business to a stand still and halting traffic along Kasese- Fort-Portal road.Some school pupils and students were terrified by the sound of the gun shots and some of the young pupils were seen crying as they took cover and ran for dear life.
Meanwhile, some residents of Bunyangabu say they are not happy with the government's recent decision to impose a moratorium on the creation of new districts including Bunyangabu which was among the 25 districts that were due to be added on to the 112 districts in Uganda and come into operation in the next 2013/14 Financial Year. RJF while interacting with people who clamor for "their own" districts has found out that there is urgent need to educate the masses and raise their awareness on demanding for better equipped schools and health centres , good roads and other social amenities instead of the false sense of pride that is polarizing the country along ethic and other differences under the guise of bringing the services closer to the people yet public expenditure is taking the bigger part of the money remitted to such administrative units.