Likambo leads call for Municipal status for Bweyale Town

National Resistance Movement (NRM) senior cadre in Kiryandongo District, Hon. Likambo Bahti Taylor, has called on the government to award Bweyale Town Council a Municipality status.

Voicing his concern, Likambo said Kiryandongo District gave President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni 78.78% of votes in the just concluded Presidential elections and that he should reward them with the municipal status.

Likambo, a serious NRM mobilizer in the district has appealed to the President to at least offer a municipal status to the people as a thanks for the votes, adding that this will add value to Bweyale and create job opportunities for the youth preventing them from criminal activities.

He said Bweyale is a highly populated area and that this initiative will add value to government through generating more taxes.

Kiryandongo District is big in business, farming activities especially sugarcane factories which have boosted development in the area and as such a Municipality status will only speed development.

Mr Tuba and David from Karuma town council also support the idea of pushing Bweyale Municipal Council.

Bweyale town has over 105 tribes engaged in different businesses especially farming and tourism. It has close to 80000 people living in the town with a refugee settlement near boosting its growth.