Uganda's capital city of Kampala is also by far the largest town in
the country. The city is both the capital of Uganda and the backbone to
the country’s economy. Despite the city dynamic and engaging activities,
the growth and development is at snail’s pace and employment
opportunities in the city are dwindling, so are the living conditions. Kampala has a population of around 1,659,600 as of the mid-year count taken in 2011.
Apart from Kampala there are other Cities in Uganda such as Mbarara , Jinja, Mukono, Masaka, Lira, Hoima, Fort Portal and Gulu. In contrast to such other major cities in Africa as Nairobi and Lagos,
Ugandan cities are not sprawled or overpopulated. The rate of crime is
low, and the cities are way safer. The towns have a fast growing economy
and are expected to grow into commercial hubs and fringes to
"de-localize" and decentralize the already overcrowding Kampala.
There is a common idea Ugandans that a CITY is merely a transit point for making money and
that will all eventually relocate to some idyllic country house is a
fallacy. We need to make our Cities/Towns livable. Children need play areas,
residential areas need to be quiet and schools close enough.
Yes,
you could be working from the City but life is still happening as you're
working for the 25 years your still there. That's your home. This whole
principle of chasing the bag at any expense has made it even seditious
for residents to complain about establishments that are a nuisance.
You
can't in good faith lament about the club that wakes your kid at 3 am
because apparently some waitresses, djs, pimps, prostitutes and bouncers need to make money. Are
we in City to make money or live a decent life? In actual sense, we're here
for both.
It's okay
if they be jobless after the club is shut down. We need to build a
well organized country that grows with a semblance of order. A factory
shouldn't be in a residential area, agricultural land shouldn't be
subdivided below certain parcels.
When
we have a bold enough government we need to conceptualize a mass
transport system for Cities and Municipalities, this may make Taxi drivers, conductors and Boda Boda drivers jobless but we sorely need affordable, efficient public
transportation.
We need
passable walkways in the CBD, if it means kicking hawkers out who
obstruct foot traffic then we've got to do it. Making money can't be the
only North star to decide whether a policy is good or bad. You shouldn't
thrive at the greater expense of others.
"You cannot carry out fundamental change
without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from
nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the
courage to invent the future. It took the madmen of yesterday for us to
be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those
madmen. We must dare to invent the future." THOMAS SANKARA.
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