On Wednesday morning, several cleaners gathered at the Constitutional Square, holding placards and brooms, dressed in their cleaning uniforms, and began singing and celebrating, believing their struggles were finally over. A peaceful procession to City Hall was also planned to mark the removal of the allegedly ineffective leaders.
Lukwago’s remarks follow President Museveni’s decision to dismiss key KCCA figures, including Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, Deputy Director Eng. David Luyimbazi, and Director of Public Health Dr. Daniel Okello, after an Inspector General of Government (IGG) report implicated them in criminal negligence.
While Okiria refrained from revealing the full findings, she hinted that negligence by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) contributed to the disaster. She cited "strict liability" laws, which hold an entity responsible for any danger it creates that affects its neighbors.
KCCA is current engaging nearby local aothorities to ensure garbage which is likely to chock Kampala City is disposed somewhere. a centre of all forms of stench is temporarily disposed of. Lord Mayor Lukwago is praying that his Kyengera counterpart Mathias Walukaga will accept the temporary request.
The KCCA Deputy ED David Luyimbazi disclosed that KCCA has been intending to close Kiteezi landfill since 2016, but financial constraints have paralyzed efforts, allowing the hazardous situation to persist. They now hope s foreign friend can give ugx6b ($1.5m)
Six of the dead are adults while two are children. They are part of the 14 who have been retrieved from a heap of Garbage that covered the area after the tragedy.
During a meeting by government agencies and GGGI at Golden Tulip Hotel in Kampala, the question of land was raised as a big challenge in urban planning. This is observed during public development such as roads which often need residents to offer part of their land to have a proper road constructed.
In her August 1 2023 letter, Prime Minister Nabbanja summoned key government officials, including the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Minister of Local Government, the Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, as well as the Prime Minister of Buruuli Kingdom, to the crisis meeting.
The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, told MPs that the expiry of the term office of the LCs has not created any leadership vacuum after the Government extended their tenure in office.
At a post-budget meeting where the Economic Policy Research Center released their report assessing of the FY2023/24 agro-industrialization programme budget towards provision of agricultural extension, Lawrence Kasenge who heads the agriculture desk in Ministry of Finance admitted that extension services were not budgeted for.
Lukwago asked the members to execute their mandate diligently and never at any one moment turn a blind eye to the misdeeds of any KCCA officials during service delivery.
Although the KCCA Act 2020 mandates the KCCA council to discuss and approve the city budget estimates, the State Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Kabuye Kyofatogabye bypassed the council and submitted the budget to parliament as the case has been in the past few years.
The program dubbed Local Priorities and Partnership activity-LPPA shall be funded by USAID with two million US dollars and implemented by Governance System International.
Rusoke told MPs that her Ministry was in the final stages of having in place a regulation to facilitate sharing of assets between the new cities and mother districts.
In November last year, the Attorney General issued a circular requiring the mother districts to move their headquarters to alternative areas outside the city boundaries as well as relinquishing all other immovable assets to the new administrative units, to support their growth.
Those arrested are Eng. Bernard Okuyo the project structural Engineer, Yusuf Kakeeto the Director Ghaspa Construction Company Limited, the company contracted for the works and Ismail Lule, the Project Coordinator.
Samuel Walulya Akalyamaggwa, a driver at the stage, says that they don't have any knowledge about the disease and have not taken any measures to protect themselves. He says they are yet to be sensitized by the authorities in Kampala on how to deal with the situation.
Esther Bayiga, a Health Services Researcher at the Trauma, Injury and Disability Project at the School of Public Health says that inclusive and safe public transport involves the mechanical condition of the vehicle, accessibility to roads by people of all ages, and physical condition including those living with disabilities among other factors.
Earlier this month, the Permanent Secretary, Ramathan Ggoobi dismissed more than 100 accounting officers, most of the local government officials, after they failed to beat the deadline for submission.
