KCCA suspends council meetings

Dec 01, 2012

The feud between Jennifer Musisi, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) excutive director and the authority’s political wing, has forced the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, to suspend council meetings until February next year.

By Brian Mayanja and Juliet Waiswa

The feud between Jennifer Musisi, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) excutive director and the authority’s political wing, has forced the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, to suspend council meetings until February next year.

Lukwago suspended meetings after Musisi failed to present the first quarter performance and expenditure report for all the authority’s directorates.

However, in a letter dated November 26, Musisi told the councillors it was illegal for any person other than the chairperson of a standing committee to submit the performance report to the authority.

“The current quarterly performance reports for all the directorates have been deposited with the office of the clerk pending consideration by the respective committees, once they are appointed by the authority,” the letter reads.

City councillors are also accusing Musisi and other directors of shunning special council meetings.

“Whenever we convene to discuss performance reports, the executive director dodges the meetings.

Since the Lord Mayor has suspended all the meetings, how will I address issues affecting Makindye residents?” Allan Ssewanyana, the Makindye Division councillor, asked.

But in the same letter, Musisi said according to the KCCA Act, special meetings must be preceded with a notice of 14 working days.

“As guided by the Attorney General, the rationale for special meetings is to consider matters that need urgent attention. But on the other hand, the period of notice is to give adequate time to both the technical staff and councillors to prepare,” Musisi explained.

When asked whether her failure to attend council meetings was affecting service delivery in the city, Musisi said: “We reported the matter to the Central Government, that the political wing suspended us from attending council meetings.”

Some councilors, however, have challenged Lukwago’s move, saying there was no quorum when he made the decision.

 

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