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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Nakasongola District leaders have suspended stone quarry activities at Kageri Hill after failing to negotiate a new contract with Energo Uganda Company Ltd, which manages the site.<\/p>\n

This came after the district and managers of the company failed to agree on the new terms to renew the latter\u2019s contract to manage the quarry site.<\/p>\n

Energo\u2019s contract to manage the site was supposed to be renewed in December 2020, but the district declined, saying they needed to first seek expert advice from the government valuer.<\/p>\n

Recently, the government valuer advised that Energo pays the district a revised rate of Shs680m annually for using the site, up from the Shs200m the firm has been remitting to the district since 2011, which the latter protested.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Sunday Rogers Bwanga, the district speaker, the council has already passed a resolution suspending Energo activities since the company directors rejected the government valuer\u2019s advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the expiry of the contract in 2020, Energo has continued to use the quarry without remitting any money since we had no running contract with them. We had earlier relied on the expert advice from the government valuer where Nakasongola would benefit more from the stone quarry,\u201d Mr Bwanga said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

On May 31, the councillors tasked the chief administrative officer, Mr Charles Uma, to explain the status of the quarry since Energo declined to sign a new contract. Mr Uma said a district team had met the managers of Energo to present the new rates but they rejected them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the negotiations will resume if they are still interested in the stone quarry site,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Rogers Ssemanda, the district youth councillor, had earlier told the council that the company was playing a delaying tactic to exploit Nakasongola resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was wrong for Energo to continue with the stone quarry activities without a running contract. We cannot sue the company for failure to remit money for the past two years since we have no running contract. They should be immediately suspended from the quarry until a new contract is signed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Joseph Atiku, an administrators at the quarry site, told Daily Monitor that the company bosses were still negotiating for a new contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sure they will agree on the way forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The district chairperson, Mr Sam Kigula, said they have not had a significant benefit from the quarry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis informed our decision to engage the government valuer to ensure that we come to get reasonable bargaining terms with Energo or any other company that could pick interest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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