KAMPALA- The sacked outgoing Executive Director for Kampala Capital City Authority Dorothy Kisaka together has handed over office to her successor this afternoon.
Kisaka was replaced by Frank Rusa as the acting Executive Director Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, who previously worked as the head legal team at the KCCA. The president has already directed the minister for Kampala, work with the public service for the smooth process for searching for a permanent replacement by the Ministry of Public service.
Kisaka was sacked by President Museveni and her deputy David Luyimbazi. Besides the sack, Museveni also ordered the Criminal Investigations Department and other crime management agencies to “thoroughly investigate the matter further, focusing on the angle of criminal negligence associated with this distressing event”.
In a statement, the Presidency said on Tuesday that Mr. Museveni’s decisive response follows alarming findings of the Inspector General of Government (IGG) report concerning the Kiteezi Landfill disaster.
At least 30 people were killed and scores injured when tonnes of garbage collapsed and buried several homes in Lusanja, Kitetika, and Kiteezi villages on August 11. In the wake of the tragedy, several officials traded blames, with Ms Kisaka taking the flak for apparently ignoring dire reports that the landfill posed imminent danger to people living around it.
However, Ms Kisaka refused to carry the blame squarely and insisted she would not resign despite several calls to do so. Dorothy Kisaka, a lawyer and corporate executive, was appointed as the executive director of KCCA on June 12, 2020. She was elevated to the role more than a year after the first KCCA political appointee, Ms Jennifer Musisi, had left under controversial circumstances.
