Declaration of Interest

Date: 17/08/2016

Local government Contact person: (municipality/region/county): Kigozi Abdul

Mityana Municipal Council/Africa/ Address: E-mail: P.O. Box 140, Mityana, [email protected]

Postal code: Phonenumber: +256 782 048938 N/A City and country: Website (ifapplicable): Mityana, Uganda N/A

What areas of local democracy are your main interestfor collaboration, please elaborate;

- Improved methods of information for- and dialogue with residents - ×Improved methods for regarding the needs of vulnerable societal groups - ×Improved methods for enhanced transparency and accountability - ×Improved formation of municipal services that meet the needs of residents - Methods to ensure the representativity of local and regional political bodies

Within what function of your local government do you want collaborate, please elaborate:

Examples: - × technical municipal services (e.g. waste management, water and sewage, energy); - ×sustainable urban development; - × environment/ climate; - local economic development (industrial and commercial development, tourism, rural - development); - social welfare operations; - ×education; - health and medical care; and - cultural and leisure activities

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Short description of your local government: (Vision, mission, values, leadership, development projects)

Mityana Municipal Council Vision A Highly Livable, Industrialised, Progressive, Well-governed and Prosperous municipality. Mission To provide Quality Services to the People for Sustainable Social Economic Development Values/Objectives 1. To promote democracy, good governance and transparency. 2. To identify and enhance local revenue collection. 3. To increase the productivity and house hold incomes of the residents of Mityana Municipal Council. 4. To provide sustainable and affordable health services to the residents of Mityana Municipal Council. 5. To contribute to the fight and eradication of HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections. 6. To provide motorable and sustainable transport infrastructure throughout Mityana Municipal Council, and link the municipality to other parts of the district and the country as a whole. 7. To provide community based services in order to equip and enhance the capacity and development of the vulnerable members of society. 8. To promote sustainable management of the environment for a harmonious integrated development that can stand the test of time. 9. To provide basic primary education for the enhancement of skills development and poverty eradication. 10. To strengthen the image of Mityana Municipal Council through an open and integrated public relations strategy. 11. To provide safe drinking and affordable piped water for both domestic and industrial development. Leadership The political Head is a Mayor who is elected through universal adult suffrage. On the other hand, the technical side is headed by a Town Clerk who is deployed by the Central Government of Uganda. Development Projects The municipality is a government not for profit institution. It is mainly engaged in projects of a social nature for the common good. Examples include; roads maintenance, solid waste management, construction of markets, provision of safe drinking water etc.

Type of Region and Main Sources of Income: (For example urban, rural, forest, mining orfishing) The municipality is urban although there are some peri-urban areas on the outskirts. The main sources of income are central government grants and revenues raised locally from taxation. Occasionally, donor funds come in to bridge some gaps

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Population size and demographic composition: Mityana Municipal Council, according to the 2014 population and housing census, has a population of 95,611 people of which 45,399 and 50,212 are male and female respectively. The population density, basing on the 2014 population and Housing census provisional results, stands at 369 persons per square kilometre. Busimbi Division is the most populated with 43,092 people followed by Ttamu division with 30,695 people and then Central Division with 21,824 persons.

Other comments: 1. Location and Area: It is located in the central region of Uganda. It is about 65Km from city and about 85Km from district headquarters. The Municipality lies at 320 02’ E longitudes and 00 24’N latitude with an area of 259Km2. Of this, 208Km2 is land and 52Km2 is water and swamp. 2. Administrative Structure Mityana Municipal Council is composed of three divisions namely; Ttamu, Busimbi and Central Divisions. The following are the administrative units in the various divisions: DIVISION NO. OF WARDS NO OF VILLAGES

Central 4 36 Busimbi 5 49 Ttamu 6 59 Total 15 144

3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:

Mityana Municipality is the seat of and undisputedly the business centre of the whole district. Plans are underway to relocate the district headquarters to Kunywa after some requirements have been put in place. The residents are involved in a wide range of activities, both formal and informal. The activities range from professional ones like banking, insurance, accountancy, medical etc to trading in all sorts of merchandise. There is also metal fabrication, carpentry & joinery, hotel and accommodation services, transport services, security, education services and of course the public service. Mityana town has no major industries involved in the manufacture of products apart from few agro processing industries mainly processing and milling, groundnuts, simsim, tea processing and packaging etc. Mityana is a multi-tribal town but the major tribe (making over 90% of the population) is Baganda and, accordingly, the commonest language spoken is Luganda. There are 4 main religious sects in the town viz. Catholics, Anglicans, Muslims and Adventists. A reasonable number of born again is also coming up.

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