Masindi residents demand health centre, school as they vote mayors, councillors
Aliga noted that residents are forced to walk more than five kilometres to access medical services at Masindi General Hospital.
Masindi: Residents of Kigulya Division in Masindi Municipality have challenged leaders elected into office to prioritize the construction of a government health centre and a government-aided secondary school over the next five years.
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, conducted elections for Municipal and Division Mayors, along with councillors across the country.
Kigulya Division, one of the four divisions of Masindi Municipality, alongside Karujubu, Nyangahya, and Central currently lacks both a government health facility and a government-aided secondary school.
After casting their votes, residents called on the leaders they have entrusted with power to urgently address these long-standing service delivery gaps.
James Aliga, the LC1 Chairperson of Kyakasozi Cell in Bigando Ward, Kigulya Division, said the community had started constructing a community health facility but the project stalled due to lack of funds. He appealed to the newly elected leaders to support the initiative.
Aliga noted that residents are forced to walk more than five kilometres to access medical services at Masindi General Hospital.
Robert Oturu, a resident of Kyakasozi, said residents have repeatedly been promised electricity extension during past elections, but nothing has been done. He appealed to leaders to extend electricity to the area and rehabilitate roads, which he described as being in a deplorable state.
Rehema Nuru, a resident of Bigando Cell, appealed for the extension of piped water, explaining that residents previously fetched water from Kiyanja, but since the area was gazetted by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation, they no longer have access to clean water.
Rehema added that the area also lacks a health facility, a secondary school, and a market—services she described as critical for effective service delivery.
Zainah Nsimiire from Nyabinyira Village also called on leaders to construct a health facility, establish a government-aided secondary school, and extend clean water, saying many leaders they have voted for in the past have neglected the area.
Meanwhile, Rogers Amanyire, a National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate for Masindi Municipal Mayor, pledged to address the community’s challenges, including poor garbage disposal, tarmacking roads, improving health services, installing streetlights, improving drainage systems, and tarmacking taxi and lorry parks.
Amanyire also promised to improve road connectivity, especially from rural areas to the town, saying development has been hindered by unclear boundaries and overlapping responsibilities between technocrats and politicians.
Five candidates are contesting for the Masindi Municipal Mayor seat. They include Ronald Businge Kyomuhendo (Independent), Rogers Amanyire (NRM), Isaac Bongomin (FDC), Milly Mateba (Independent), and Asiina Nakalema (Independent).
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