Story by Aggrey Twesigye
Authorities in Mbarara city are concerned about the delayed recruitment of substantive staff in the city.
Mbarara leadership says the lack of suitably qualified and substantively approved civil servants for the city is hindering the efforts of growing the city and also affecting service delivery.
In a council meeting on Wednesday Tashobya Bonny Karusya, the Mbarara city council speaker said that most of the heads of departments for the city are in acting capacity while other positions are still vacant.
Tashobya stated that this has also had a negative impact on the city’s performance in the government assessment reports over the past two years.
Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi the Mbarara city mayor acknowledged that the city has not performed well in government assessment reports over the past two years. However, he expressed optimism about better results in the upcoming assessment, citing the efforts made by the city’s civil servants to improve service delivery.
