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Local authorities in Uganda’s Kigezi Sub-region have asked government to consider allocating special funds towards the physical planning activities of the newly created town councils to avoid slums, overcrowding and the associated negative health risks due to poor waste management.

On Thursday, leaders who attended a two-day regional budget consultative workshop for FY 2025/2026 at in Kabale District also decried problems resulting from an influx of Congolese refugees in border region districts such as Kisoro, Kanungu, Kabale and Kasese.

“Districts hosting refugee settlement and transit camps require special fund allocation to enable them to cope with the increasing number of refugees and migrants,” Kisoro District senior statistician Gilbert Ndagijimana argued.

According to him, “this special fund would help in the establishment of necessary infrastructure to handle different concerns.”

Ndagijimana’s counterparts from neighbouring districts recommended that provision of supplementary budgets should be done early enough for better absorption.

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