Jinja Municipal council has started a renovation exercise of places around source of the Nile as a way of rebuilding the lost glory of Jinja city.
Speaking to Baba Tv at Jinja municipal council offices in Jinja town, the Public Relations Officer Jinja municipal council Kiito Rajab said, they have come up with a plan after a council resolution in the strategic plan to renovate the road infrastructures, lights and build a shelter storied resting place at source of the Nile.
Kiito added the town used to earn a lot of revenues in tourism and industrialisation but the recent take over by other areas has affected the development of Jinja.He highlighted the key areas they are focusing on.
The chairperson source of the Nile area in Jinja Kaloolo Kakoza called upon the responsible authorities to speed up the process of renovation so that sanity is reached at.
One of the tour guides at the source Kibuule Kenneth decried the rate at which water levels are increasing which is affecting business around .
He also called upon concerned authorities to put up a fence so that they avoid losing lives for tourists.