For a functioning Kampala, KCCA should be disbanded

In a press release dated September 24, President Museveni summarily dismissed three senior leaders of Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) – the executive director (ED), her deputy, and the authority’s director of public health.

In a country where leaders are seldom held accountable, let alone for ‘mere’ negligence, the dismissal of not just one but three senior officials at KCCA was the big news it deserved to be.

Whether this is the new standard for public officials appointed by the President going forward remains to be seen, what is clear for now is the fact that KCCA has not…