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Mayors demand budget increment

SEVEN district mayors in the Western Province have requested MPs to increase their proposed budget to implement development programmes in their areas.“The money allocated to the districts is not enough compared to the development programmes planned for the 2008 fiscal year,” Karongi District Mayor Bernard Kayumba argued yesterday.
Karongi mayor Kayumba (left) and his Nyabihu counterpart Charles Ngirabatware  at Parliament yesterday. (Photo/J. Mbanda)
Karongi mayor Kayumba (left) and his Nyabihu counterpart Charles Ngirabatware at Parliament yesterday. (Photo/J. Mbanda)
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