Namutumba youth seek to reclaim historical centre sold to developer

Youth in Namutumba District are out to reclaim a community centre which was allegedly sold by the former district leadership to a private developer to set up a primary school.

The youth community center, initially built in Namutumba Sub-county by the Obote I government, before it became a town council, was primarily to skill the youth, celebrate cultural values, and conduct community meetings, among other roles.

However, 60 years later, the hitherto youth centre opposite Namutumba Town Council headquarters along the Tirinyi-Mbale Highway, is the current address of Wampa Nursery and…