Revenue sharing to end cattle market wrangles at Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo border

Published Apr 16, 2024

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In Uganda's Kasese district, a dispute between leaders from Mpondwe Lhubiriha town council and Isango sub-county over the management and revenue collection from a lucrative cattle market near the Ugandan-DR Congo border, generating up to one billion shillings annually, has led to the market's closure and significant financial losses. To resolve the conflict, Kasese's Chief Administrative Officer, Erias Byamungu, has introduced a revenue-sharing agreement that promises both parties over 250 million shillings in annual earnings and allows traders to choose the market's location. This decision aims to ensure continued funding for local infrastructure and services while addressing the financial impact on cattle traders caused by the market's closure.

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KASESE - Kasese district's Mpondwe Lhubiriha town council and Isango sub-county leaders have for long wrangled over the management of the cattle market at the Ugandan-DR Congo border.Part of the dispute is over who takes the lion's share of the collected revenue from the sale of livestock at the facility.With an annual revenue of shillings 500 million to one billion, the leaders have on many occasions disagreed over the location of the cattle holding market so as to gain the capacity to collect the huge revenue.This has seen the market at some point operate at Isango and most times in Mpondwe after the intervention of various authorities including security, political leadership, and the local government ministry.Located a few metres from the borderline, Isango sub-county has government-owned land gazatted for a cattle holding market. However, unlike Isango, which has free land, Mpondwe Lhubiriha town council rents the land on which it wants the livestock market to sit. Speaking to ...

Source: UGNewsVision