Guidelines On Membership To The Unesco And Icesco Cities Networks

Abstract

Effective 1stJuly 2020, Uganda got ten cities at a go, bringing the total number of cities in the Country to eleven. Never before, in the history of growth of cities has any country experienced such a sudden surge in number of cities. This therefore raised concern as to whether Ugandans are prepared to manage and cope with such a sudden development. The cities have since been operationalised and have embarked on fulfilling the roles expected of cities. Arua, Fort Portal, Gulu, Hoima, Jinja, Lira, Masaka, Mbale, Mbarara and Soroti are our new cities. As we get to the third quarter of the financial year 2020/21, the second category namely Entebbe/Wakiso, Kabale, Moroto, Nakasongola, and may gain city status (https://www.independent.co.ug/parliament-approves-15- new-cities-for-uganda/).