Govt moves to amend Special Operations districts one day after act takes effect

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

New dis­tricts, in­clud­ing sev­er­al pro­posed bor­oughs cre­at­ed un­der the Gov­ern­ment's Mu­nic­i­pal Cor­po­ra­tions (Amend­ment) Bill, 2026, have been in­cor­po­rat­ed in­to the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (SO) Act through a late amend­ment moved in Par­lia­ment last night.

The Gov­ern­ment added a clause to the Mu­nic­i­pal Cor­po­ra­tions (Amend­ment) Bill, 2026, to re­vise the de­scrip­tion of dis­tricts un­der the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act, align­ing them with changes pro­posed in the lo­cal gov­ern­ment leg­is­la­tion.