Forumists, according to results of national census, Wakiso District is the most densely populated with over two million people. Our own Makindye Ssaabagabo Sub County is 284,000 strong, which is cheated by only being represented by one MP whereas under the constitution each 70,000 people in a county, municipality or city division should be entitled to a representative. We should be having at least four MPs. Even when we go back to 100,000 population per a representative as it was the case under 1962 and 1967 constitutions, we should be having at least two or three MPs. It is an extension of Kampala after we lost Makindye Division to Kampala city, yet we are still a rural sub county. We should be now either a municipality or a group of at least two or three town councils. Kira Town Council is 313,761 strong with Nelson Mandela National Stadium at Nambole, which should automatically be a municipality. It would have been with four MPs but if you raise from 70,000 to 100,000, at least three MPs. Nansana Town Council is 144,441. It should be a municipality with two MPs or at least one MP specifically for the town council. Nangabo Sub County is 146,400, entitled to two MPs. Nabweru is 109,000. Busukuma is 37,890 and Gombe is 76,000. That is the Kyaddondo District or Kyaddondo City that we are waiting for. In Busiro, in addition to Entebbe Municipality, Nsangi Sub County is 197,991 equivalent to at least two MPs, Despite being urban, it is rural not even a town council. It should be a municipality. Either the constitution is amended and Kampala is administered jointly by the central government and Buganda kingdom and Kampala City, which is part of Kyaddondo County, is expanded to cover the whole of Kyaddondo, sub counties like Makindye Ssaabgabo and Makindye Division make a reunion to form a municipality, or another city is created out of Kyaddondo. We should not be condemned to rural status when we are urban and we should not be demoted to sub counties and town councils when we are potential municipalities. We should not be under represented in parliament, regional assembly, and local government councils. It is with that fundamental reason that l have decided to stand for a parliamentary seat to represent Kyaddondo South (Mkaindye Ssabagabo) in 2016, God willing.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:01:41 +0000
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