Uganda, April 24 -- Fort Portal City is scheduled to host the national Labour Day celebrations on May 1 at Kabura playground where President Museveni is expected to be the chief guest.

However, ahead of the celebrations, residents in Fort Portal City and surrounding districts that make up the Tooro Sub-region have outlined key demands, which they want the President to address.

The major demands are increasing funding for new cities and districts in hard-to-reach areas, tackling low tea prices, addressing unfulfilled pledges, and alleviating youth unemployment, among others.

The former Fort Portal City interim mayor, Rev Kintu Willu Muhanga, emphasised the need for Mr Museveni to intervene by directing the Ministry of Finance to increas...