Councillors in Namutumba are up in arms over Shs2 million meant to improve the district stadium in Kaiti Village, Namutumba Town Council, and venue of the 2023 International Labour Day celebrations.

A resolution was passed in the Financial Year 2017/2018 to have a district stadium, and in Financial Year 2022/2023, council passed Shs2 million to plant paspalum (grass) on the pitch but no work has been done to-date.

Mubarak Mukisa, the district councillor representing Kibaale Town Council, blamed LC5 chairman David Mukisa and his executive for allegedly awarding the contract to refurbish the stadium to a civil servant.

The unnamed civil servant reportedly hires prisoners from Kaiti Prisons to clear the field using hand hoes which is further delaying work.

“The stadium is part of a strategy to promote sports and tourism in the district, but the LC5 chairperson is doing people a disservice,” Mukisa told Monitor on Monday.

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