Bunagana residents threaten to strike over unfulfilled pledges

 

Residents of Bunagana town council led by Mayor, Ndambajje Ismail have threatened to strike over DOTT's unfulfilled pledges in the town council.

DOTT Services Company's machinery has been in Bunagana for almost two years since camping there on 3rd December 2021 when they were handed a construction contract to open up roads to Goma from Bunagana.

According to the town mayor Ndayambajje Ismail, Bunagana town council offered their land as parking space while residents offered land for an access road to the park yard.

He says that DOTT was also to reward the town council with a 7.5 kilometre road and levelling of a playground at Bunagana primary school in return but it has not honoured the MOU since then.

Ndayambajje said he is rallying residents and pupils at Bunagana primary school to have a peaceful protest to show their dissatisfaction. He says that the road heading to DOTT's parking yard will be closed.

The Kisoro district Vice chairman, Alex Nambajiman noted that DOTT services owners are not honest with the memorandum of understanding they have with the district.

He says that the company was not supposed to mine and quarry stones in the parking space offered by the town council unless they paid for that activity but they have continued to illegally to do so.

In response, the Kisoro district RDC, Hajji Shafiq Ssekandi Sengoba discouraged residents from striking because it is illegal.

He noted that he has already communicated with DOTT leaders and they are willing to fulfil their pledges as long as they commence on their project in the democratic republic of Congo.

He also noted that the government of Uganda is engaging with the Congolese government to see how it can end its conflict with the M23 rebels so that work can commence.