 | | Kitaghenda (centre) listening to a presentation during the launch of the e-society |
By Bernard Masereka
THE outgoing Kasese district LC5 chairman, Rev. Can. Julius Kithaghenda, has insisted that Kasese district must be split into more districts in order to create harmony and development in the area.
He was speaking at the commissioning of the district e-society resource centre at the district headquarters on Wednesday.
Kithaghenda noted that there were many issues that had created disharmony among the people, arguing that splitting the district would be a solution.
“For harmony and individual development of our people, the district must be split,” he said.
In October last year, the district council approved the proposal to split the district into three districts of Rwenzori, Bwera and Kasese.
However, some people, including Omusinga Charles Mumbere of the Rwenzururu kingdom, resisted the proposal, arguing that the timing for the split was bad due to the election campaigns that were going on at the time.
Kithaghenda said people should not be intimidated by those who say Kasese was created out of bloodshed and cannot be split.
Local government minister Adolf Mwesige in December last year wrote to the district chairman, asking him to seek the opinion of the Rwenzururu cultural institution before the proposal could be presented to the Cabinet.
Meanwhile, Mumbere is reportedly going on with consultations on the proposal. On Wednesday, he held a closed meeting with religious leaders in the district to consult them about the proposal.
Kasese is embroiled in ethnic conflicts pitting the people in the west of the district against those from the east.
The political leadership and civil service jobs in the district have always been contentious and minority tribes have complained of marginalisation.
In the proposal for more districts, a constituency for the minority tribes had also been created. |
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