Author: District I.T Officer

Today Wakiso District officials, led by the District Chairperson, Chief Administrative Officer and the District Engineer monitored the ongoing construction works along Wakiso District Road.
The contractor Ragmah (U) Ltd has commenced on asphalt sealing of 30mm thick on the District Road.
The Chairperson Matia Lwanga Bwanika said all road side business vendors will not be allowed after completion of the road.
The District Engineer Sam Mwesigwa said that this phase is targeting a length of 320 meters.

A project inception meeting for Habitat for humanity Uganda support for livelihood restoration and community development under Uganda Electricity Transmission company Limited, Mutundwe- Entebbe 132KV power transmission line was held  at the District Headquarters.
The Mutundwe- Entebbe power line will traverse through 22 villages with a total of 1053 project affected persons.
The areas affected include Nsangi, Kajjansi, Katabi, Kyengera and Makindye Sabagabo.
The CAO Alfred Malinga commended UETCL for the venture and support towards promoting corporate social responsibility.

The Joint monitoring of Youth Livelihood projects has commenced.The teams monitored Wakiso Town council, Kakiri Town council, Kakiri sub county, Kyengera Town council and Wakiso subcounty.
The exercise is aimed at improving functionality of projects and enforcing recoveries.
The teams include technical officers from the community based services, Administration and political leaders.

• In Wakiso Town council, the team led by the representative of the RDC and Senior community Development Officer visited Koona catering youth group, and out of the 5m disbursed the group had paid 3m.
• KY Fashions received 11m in 2019 but had recovered only 870,000.
• Kikokilo-Kisimbiri Agro youth received 9m but had recovered 380,000=
• Nsimbi Welders youth association was disbursed 10m however 6.5m had been recovered.
• Kyoga youths events management received 11.5m but only 760,000 had been recovered.
  All groups with pending balances are to sign a repayment plan to clear the pending balances by June 2023.

The campaign which targets children under the age of 5 years will take place from the 27to 29th January 2023.
The Ministry of Health, World Health Organization, and UNICEF are supporting the campaign.
The District Chairperson requested health workers to work closely with Village Health Teams so that the masses are mobilized.
The campaign will take place in the community.
Health workers will visit all houses, markets, churches, shops and playgrounds among others.

The International Day for the People with Disabilities has been marked in Wakiso District with handing over a Toyota Noah vehicle donated by African Dream Organisation to Salama School of the Blind in Njeru Buikwe district where over ten students lost their lives to the fires that gutted their dormitory last year.
The PWDs District wide, also received mattresses donated by Mercy.
The Woman Member of Parliament for Wakiso District Betty Ethel Naluyima urged the parents of the children with disabilities to stop hiding them but always seek support from medical experts for proper treatment.
The District Chairperson Dr. Matia Lwanga Bwanika called upon people with disabilities to stop lamenting because of their status but to utilize all available opportunities in place to improve and sustain their lives.