Mmadinare wants to be free
Friday, October 07, 2016
Mmadinare villagers want their own Sub-District Council
Mmadinare residents say the fact that their constituency’s councillors are divided between the Palapye and the Bobirwa Sub-District Councils is affecting service delivery and weakening the area’s decision-making powers.
Mmadinare village, which is the constituency headquarters, falls under the Bobirwa sub-district council, located about 100 kilometres away. The Sub-District’s headquarters are located at Bobonong and that fact is an additional thorn in the flesh of Mmadinare villagers.
‘The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds’.- Abraham LincolnUntil then, the Council’s operations remain suspended, delaying critical decisions affecting thousands of public sector employees.The current standoff is between the Manual Workers Union on one side and the Six Cooperating Trade Unions, namely BONU, BOPEU, BTU, BDU, BOSETU and...