Korean hotel for city park
Jul 12, 2005
KAMPALA City Council (KCC) has allocated four acres of Centenary Park to a Korean investor to put up a five-star hotel ahead of the Commonwealth Summit in 2007.
By C. Ntabadde
KAMPALA City Council (KCC) has allocated four acres of Centenary Park to a Korean investor to put up a five-star hotel ahead of the Commonwealth Summit in 2007.
The allocation follows a request from President Yoweri Museveni.
On April 8, Museveni wrote to lands minister Kahinda Otafiire, asking him to write to Kampala mayor John Ssebaana Kizito to allocate six acres of Centenary Park to Khadar Investments.
The re-development of the park had earlier met resistance from environmentalists, saying it was a vital green belt.
On May 9, Otafiire wrote to Ssebaana about the issue. Ssebaana on Monday said he received the two letters. He, however, said the people who delivered the letters took them back “because they were told not to leave any copy with us.â€
He said, “We are glad about the prospects of the new substantial investment in the hotel sector and my executive didn’t have any objections. We reduced the acres to four because six are too many.
We still need to have green space in the city but there was no way we could refuse.â€
The four acres are on Yusuf Lule Road next to Garden City.
Centenary Park is one of Kampala’s biggest green parks. Part of the park was allocated to Hotel Africana to put up a swimming pool.
Ssebaana said he had informed Kampala District Land Board to effect the executive’s decision as early as possible so that Khadar completes the procedure of getting a land title. He said the remaining part of the park would be given to Sarah Kizito, the proprietor of Lady Charlotte, to manage and maintain it.
KAMPALA City Council (KCC) has allocated four acres of Centenary Park to a Korean investor to put up a five-star hotel ahead of the Commonwealth Summit in 2007.
The allocation follows a request from President Yoweri Museveni.
On April 8, Museveni wrote to lands minister Kahinda Otafiire, asking him to write to Kampala mayor John Ssebaana Kizito to allocate six acres of Centenary Park to Khadar Investments.
The re-development of the park had earlier met resistance from environmentalists, saying it was a vital green belt.
On May 9, Otafiire wrote to Ssebaana about the issue. Ssebaana on Monday said he received the two letters. He, however, said the people who delivered the letters took them back “because they were told not to leave any copy with us.â€
He said, “We are glad about the prospects of the new substantial investment in the hotel sector and my executive didn’t have any objections. We reduced the acres to four because six are too many.
We still need to have green space in the city but there was no way we could refuse.â€
The four acres are on Yusuf Lule Road next to Garden City.
Centenary Park is one of Kampala’s biggest green parks. Part of the park was allocated to Hotel Africana to put up a swimming pool.
Ssebaana said he had informed Kampala District Land Board to effect the executive’s decision as early as possible so that Khadar completes the procedure of getting a land title. He said the remaining part of the park would be given to Sarah Kizito, the proprietor of Lady Charlotte, to manage and maintain it.