The study aimed at poverty control and sustainable development in Mbarara city and it was guided by the following objectives; To establish the level of poverty control and sustainable development in Kakoba division, to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of poverty control and sustainable development in Kakiika division and to assess the extent to which poverty has been minimized in Kakoba division. The researcher adopted both qualitative and quantitative, and investigative research for cross-sectional study given the nature of the study. Quantitative research design was used to generate numerical data while qualitative design on the other hand was employed by the researcher to obtain information on how people perceive think and feel based on human and social science. The results indicated that 69.0 of the respondents agreed that poverty has reduced by 40% among the households living in Kakoba followed by 20.2% of the respondents who strongly agreed, 3.6 respondents were not sure, followed by 7.1 respondents who disagreed and lastly 0.1 respondents who strongly disagreed. This implies that the majority of the respondents subscribed that, indeed has reduced by 40% among the households. The results also indicated that 77.4% of the respondents agreed to the statement that poverty government control programs have enabled them acquire new skills of generation money and improve their livelihoods. Followed by 17.9% respondents who strongly greed,3.6% of the respondents were not sure, 2.3% respondents strongly disagreed and 1.2 disagreed with the assertion. From the results above, poverty should be treated as an individual blame for those who claim to be living in it.