| dc.description.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/). | en_US |
