Ndorwa County West MP, David Bahati at the swearing-in ceremony as Member of Parliament outlined numerous priorities his fourth term in office. Bahati has been State Minister of Finance since March 2015 with enormous contributions to date.
“Today I took the honour to swear-in and start a journey of representing the people of Ndorwa County West for the fourth term in Parliament. I have known few greater honours than the opportunity to serve the people of Ndorwa County West. I thank the Almighty God for the privilege of leadership and service to the country at large.” Bahati acclaimed.
“With the heart full of gratitude to the great people of Ndorwa County West, family and friends who have supported, voted and prayed for me over the years, I thank you. I’m grateful to H.E President Museveni for the confidence to serve as a minister in the government”, he added.
Bahati pledged to continue pursuing and supporting causes and programmes geared towards lifting the 3.3million households in Uganda from subsistence into the money economy and improve their livelihood.
He went on to address the cause of improved service delivery to the people of Uganda and ensure that every coin appropriated is put to good use, delivers value for money and is fully accounted for in support of improved production and competitiveness for our country .
“When I first assumed this office in 2006, I pledged to serve the people of Ndorwa West to the best of my ability and promised to value your vote- “akaruru kawe tindikakwata eijaga” I am glad that together we have achieved a lot and we shall achieve more in the coming years.”
In his term of office, the government has ensured that each sub-country in Ndorwa West gets a health centre III. These include Butanda health centre III, Ryakarimira health centre IV, Kamuganguzi Health Centre III, Kasheregyenyi health Centre III and Kakomo Health Centre IV while Kitooma and Buramba health centre IIIs are under construction.
Over the years, electricity has been extended to all sub-counties and in some cases to parishes. There is no sub-county without electricity. In areas which could receive telephones signals and was not uncommon for people to climb hills to find a signal, we have worked with telecom companies to erect masts and can now receive signals and we are working in areas that still need them.
“Regarding safe and clean water, we have since extended piped water from Lake Bunyonyi, Mwendo parish to Kitooma in Rubaya sub-county. This project was worth billions of shillings. We shall ensure that each and every village in the constituency has easy access to safe and clean water. Water is life,” he remarked.
The building of one border post at katuna is near completion . This will ease travel and trade between the two countries.
“Let us continue to work hard and do good to each other for in due season we shall reap big for our people, our district and our country. From this joyful day of swearing-in, we hear the same call we heard in 2006, a call to service. And now, each in our way, and with God’s help, we must answer that call. And today I say once again,” he concluded.