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The Minister for Presidency Milly Babalanda says that errant Resident District Commissioners-RDCs will no longer be transferred but retired.

22 February, 2023
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The Minister for Presidency Milly Babalanda says that errant Resident District Commissioners-RDCs will no longer be transferred but retired.


Babalanda made the remarks today while opening a three-day workshop for RDCs and RCCs from Central Region at Collins Hotel in Mukono. Babalanda made reference to a recent incident when the Masaka Resident City Commissioner Ronald Katende was suspended for allegedly failing to execute the Presidential directive on land evictions.

In a letter dated February 28, 2022, addressed to the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, President Museveni directed that no eviction should be allowed to take place in a district without the consent and direct observation of the District Security Committee (DSC), chaired by the Resident District Commissioners /Resident City Commissioners (RDCs/RCCs) and direct consultation with the Minister of Lands.

Babalanda says that Katende and the District Internal Security Officer-DISO illegally implemented a land eviction order which was disowned by the Masaka Chief Magistrate.

There have also been calls by district leaders to transfer RDCs for interference in council business, overstepping their mandate, witch-hunting and harassing civil servants, and under-performance in the management of security matters.

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