Government has lined up at least another 15 new municipalities to benefit from the proposed Uganda Cities and Municipalities Infrastructure Development (UCMID) program, an extension of the current Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development Additional Funding (USMID-AF) multi-billion project which will end in December this year.
Judith Nabakooba the Minister of Lands , Housing and Urban Development while briefing the nation about the progress of work done under the World Bank Funded project said that another 15 new municipalities are set to benefit from the well run project .
The 15 municipalities will join the 33 municipalities and cities which were enrolled under the first and second phase of USMID program which has run since September 2013.
The municipalities are; Mityana, Iganga, Masindi, Rukungiri, Bushenyi-Ishaka, Kumi, Nebbi, Koboko, Kisoro, Kapchorwa, Ibanda, Njeru, Bugiri, Sheema, and Kotido.
