The district has also done well in the field of finance, Geoffrey Ogweng, secretary for finance says. The present administration has been able to address financial backlogs of over sh500m in salary arrears. It has also paid pensions and gratuities of workers, besides settling huge bills. Among the major projects in the district are 650-hectare Olweny Swamp Rice Irrigation Project, Kachung water project and Lion Aid eye centre at Lira hospital. The district chairman hopes more developmental projects will come down to the community under decentralisation.
Decentralisation is a very good democratisation policy and people like it.
It should be encouraged as the only way of bringing resources down to the people, Obua says. The future of the district is bright if we maintain our policy of industriousness, tolerance and cooperation, he sums it all. IF mushrooming is the right word, then the increasing number of buildings in Lira Municipality can best be described so. Like other urban centres in the country, the town has witnessed a steady growth of commercial infrastructure. Presently, Lira is considered the fastest growing town in the entire country.