By Wetondo Denis Julius
MABLE CITY
Mbale Northern City Clerk is on the spot for allegedly colluding with local investors to destroy wetlands in the city.
Martin Busiku was yesterday 18th July 2022 singled out by the Mbale City Resident Commissioner, Ahmed Washakie for allowing a private developer pour murram on Fish Fry swamp opposite Islamic University In Uganda (IUIU).
Washaki who visited the site said Busiku has colluded with an unknown person who has poured marram on land opposite Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) meant for the government fish fry. The RCC said Busiku is denying knowledge of the developments yet he is the officer in charge.
He says Busiku went ahead and created a road for the unknown person to pass his marram to the site of dumping.
“I have asked him to explain where they got authority to give out the public land and should immediately go to police to record a statement about the matter,” Washakie said.
When contacted, the City Environmental Officer, Rhoda Nyaribe, condemned the act saying they have started investigating the circumstances under which the land is being developed.
Washaki said Busiku has denied development in northern city in many ways including refusing to pass a financial budget of northern division of the year 2022/23, conniving with kikindu market leadership to suspend elections for the last seven years, collection of money from kikindu market vendors and yet rubbish collection is a problem, leaving the market dirt.
However Martin Busiku denied the allegations of colluding with local investors to construct in wetlands saying he called the person who claims to own that land but said he was away in Busia.
“He said he is coming back to Mbale anytime soon,” Busiku said.
