Kampala Capital City Authority
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is the legal entity, established by the Ugandan Parliament, that is responsible for the operations of the capital city of Kampala in Uganda. It replaced the Kampala City Council (KCC).[1]
Location
The headquarters of KCCA are located on Nakasero Hill in the central business district of Kampala. The headquarters are immediately southwest of the Uganda Parliament Building. The main entrance to the KCCA Complex is located on Kimathi Avenue, which comes off of Parliament Avenue. The coordinates of this building are 0° 18' 54.00"N, 32° 35' 9.00"E (Latitude:0.315000; Longitude:32.585832).[2]
Background
The city of Kampala has faced a number of challenges, including the following that were listed in a published report in 2011:[3]
- High population: Unofficial estimates put the daytime population of Kampala at 2.5 million.
- Corruption
- Garbage: The city generates an estimated 1,500 tonnes of garbage daily, but only 500 tonnes a day are picked up. This has caused garbarge to accumulate on roads and streets.
- Roads: The city's roads are heavily potholed.
- Sewer service: Only 10 percent of the city's population is connected to sewer lines.
- Construction: Because of a disregard of laws governing construction or selective and lax enforcement of those laws, many buildings have been built in road reserves, in gazetted wetlands, and often without following established construction specifications. On a regular basis, buildings under construction collapse, which kills or injures construction workers or bystanders.[4][5]
- Traffic management: Traffic jams in Kampala cause an estimated hundreds of billions of shillings in financial losses annually.
- Health services: Many public eating places lack health licenses.
- Environment: There has been no effort to mitigate the environmental degradation visited upon the city by the rapid population explosion, including the destruction of green spaces and wetlands. Noise pollution and smog are also of particular concern.[6]
- Stray livestock: Livestock and domestic animals roam freely in Kampala, causing a health risk.
- Management of markets: The management of the city's markets is riddled with corrupt tendering processes, embezzlement, and fraudulent activity.[7][8]
The Ugandan parliament, at the request of the cabinet, passed the Kampala Capital City Authority Act in November 2010 to become effective on 1 March 2011.
Overview
In a nutshell, the affairs of the capital city of Kampala were brought under the direct supervision of the central Ugandan government. The City Clerk, formerly the highest financial officer in the city, was replaced by the Executive Director, who is answerable to the Minister for Kampala Capital City Authority. The current Cabinet Minister for Kampala is Frank Tumwebaze.[9] He replaced Kabakumba Masiko, who resigned following allegations of misappropriation of government resources which surfaced in December 2011.[10]
The elected mayor became the Lord Mayor, now a largely ceremonial position. Lastly, in addition to the politically elected councillors, the expanded KCCA Council has members from the following professional bodies, as full voting members:[11]
- Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers
- Uganda Society of Architects
- Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council
- Uganda Law Society
As of April 2014, the key officials responsible for KCCA affairs are:
- Frank Tumwebaze - Minister for Kampala Capital City Authority (2012–Present)
- Erias Lukwago - Lord Mayor of Kampala (2011–Present)
- Jennifer Musisi - Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (2011–Present)
Administrative divisions
Kampala is divided into five divisions, each headed by a popularly elected Mayor. Those divisions are preserved under the new KCCA Law. It is not yet clear what the roles of those five mayors will be in relation to the Lord Mayor and the KCCA Executive Director. The table below gives the names of the relevant officials and their areas of responsibility:[12]
