Kampala Capital City Authority is the governing body of the Capital City and administers Capital City on behalf of the central government subject to the KCCA Act 2010.
It came into being in 2011 through an Act of Parliament (KCCA Act 2010), replacing Kampala City Council (KCC).
Composition of Authority
The Authority consists of the following members: –
- The Lord Mayor;
- The Deputy Lord Mayor;
- One councilor directly elected by secret ballot to represent each electoral area in the Capital City on the basis of universal adult suffrage;
- Two councilors representing the youth, one of whom shall be female;
- Two councilors with disability representing persons with disabilities, one of whom shall be female;
- Women councilors forming one third of the Authority such that the councilors elected under paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) Shall form two thirds of the Authority.
- One councilor representing each of the following professional bodies: –
- A person is not qualified to be a councilor unless he or she is a citizen of Uganda
- Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers
- Uganda Society of Architects
- Uganda Medical Association
- Uganda Law Society.
Its political wing is headed by a Cabinet minister.
Directorates
- Office of the Executive Director
- Administration and Human Resource
- Physical Planning
- Treasury Services
- Engineering and Technical Services
- Public Health Services and Environment
- Legal Affairs
- Revenue Collection
- Internal Audit
- Gender Community Services
Mandate
To provide services in the city that enable residents and businesses operating in the city function in an environment that supports development
Services
- Health
- Waste management
- Probation and social welfare
- Gender mainstreaming
- Youth and community development
- Credit facilities
- Library
Achievements
Physical planning: With support from the European Union, the Climate Change Project prepared neighborhood plans for Nakasero, Kololo, Makerere and Mulago. This will ensure that these areas have well-planned housing and public facilities, trees, safe walkways, green parks, roads, cycling lanes, and access to public transport. Over 10,000 trees have been planted in the city and about 4,500 Square meters of green and open spaces have been restored or improved upon. We also launched the Kampala Climate Change Strategy and are currently undertaking a tree audit in the city.
KCCA has significantly shortened the process of approving building plans from over 60 days to 14 working days. Under the City Address Model and Computer Aided mass Valuation (CAM/CAMV), 88,579 properties have been numbered in Central and Nakawa Division, 585 house plates installed, 2,599 Street Signage faces have been installed on 1742 road sites, 360 roads have been named in seven (7) parishes in Kawempe Division.
Infrastructure: Over 210kms of roads have been upgraded to Bitumen and over 500kms of gravel roads maintained. 48 roads with a total length of 54.15Km are under construction and will be completed by December 2019, and 26 km of roads kicked off recently (Lukuli Rd, Kabuusu – Kitebi – Bunmwaya – Lweza rd, Nakawa – Ntinda a dual carriageway rd., John Babiiha (Acacia) Avenue a dual carriageway, Kulambiro Ring Rd). KCCA has also been able to reconfigure and install responsive functional traffic signals at 21 junctions including Nakawa, Natete and Wandegeya, Fairway, Bwaise, Kiira Road, Game Lugogo, Katikati, Kololo Airstrip, Nakulabye & Naguru among others. We installed 4,988 Streetlights in the City, of which 1,560 are solar street lights promoting use of solar street lights.
Health: Two Modern 170 bed Hospitals were constructed in Makindye and Kawempe. These have since been occupied and managed by Mulago Referral Hospital. We also opened a new Health Centre in Bukoto, procured 10 state-of-the-art dental units, constructed a maternity ward at Kawaala Health Centre 3, opened a new Health Centre in Bukoto, set up a modern Neo natal clinic, remodeled all the Labs and computerised drugs management. In addition, KCCA renovated – Kisugu Health Center, Komamboga Health Center, City Mortuary, Kisenyi Health Center and the City Hall Clinic.
Education: KCCA has Constructed over 151 classrooms and renovated (61 new) and 6 science laboratories; reopened 3 Public libraries. We also distributed over 240 computers in several City schools, supplied 1,485 three-sitter desks to over 22 Schools. 50 Teachers Houses are now rehabilitated.
Treasury services: The value of all KCCA assets increased by 1350% from UGX 45Bn (2011) to UGX 549 Bn (June 2017).
Procurement: The institution has improved compliance to government and other donor procurement regulations scooping an 85.7% rating by PPDA. It has been rated as highly satisfactory by the World Bank KIIDP II project and improved Asset Disposal Management.
Challenges
Garbage collection. About 28,000 tons of waste is collected and delivered to a landfill every month. Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) records show that this represents approximately 40% of the waste generated in the city.
-Floods. This is a result of poor waste disposal and blockage of drainages.
Prospects
The Kampala City Strategic Plan, FY 2020/21-2024/25 sets out the themes, programs and guiding principles to ensure the Authority continues to “Transform Kampala into a vibrant, attractive and sustainable City.”
It establishes the framework to blend economic prosperity, quality of life and environmental responsibility into a style of growth that makes every part of the City better, particularly during these difficult times in the country’s history, and indeed the world at large, confronted with the COVID–19 pandemic and other disasters.
The Strategic Plan is well aligned to the NDPIII goal and theme of “increasing household incomes and improving the quality of life of Ugandans through sustainable industrialization for inclusive growth, employment and sustainable wealth creation”.
To this end, NDPIII strategizes on how Uganda will harness its abundant factors of production, through a knowledge-based economy of science, technology, and innovation, to improve the livelihood of its citizens and locates the Capital City’s role within the Greater Kampala Economic Development Strategy.