The Omusinga
Charles Wesley Mumbere Iremangoma has Okayed the split of Kasese district into
three in a guiding letter to the minister of Local Government.
There had
been growing concerns among the people who are anti split after the Omusinga’s
letter was leaked and posted on the social media last week.
However, the
Kingdom spokesperson Patrick Nyamunungu confirmed to Kasese Guide Radio on
phone this morning that the Omusinga wrote to the Local Government minister to
guide him on how best the district can be split without causing any problems.
Nyamunungu
says that in the letter dated October 1st 2012, the Omusinga guides
the government to split the district basing on the vertical boundaries as
proposed by the District Council in a resolution of October 201o.
On October 2010
the Kasese district council overwhelmingly resolved to create Rwenzori and
Bwera districts out of the greater Kasese but the idea has been met with mixed
reactions.
In the
letter, the Omusinga cautions government not to make a mistake of creating any
district based on the ethnicities adding that it would bring disharmony among
the people.
He however
advises that on affirmative action, a constituency be created to cater for the
interests of the ethnic minorities of being represented in parliament.
However, the
general secretary of the Forum for Democratic Change in Kasese district Johnson
Kamalha who has been among the leading challengers of the split decline to
comment when contacted by Kasese district.
Kamalha said
that he will first consult more people before coming out with an official
statement from FDC.
END.
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