Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is the legal entity, established by the Ugandan Parliament, that is responsible for the operations of the

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Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

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. It replaced the Kampala City Council (KCC).

Location

The headquarters of KCCA are located on Nakasero Hill in the central business district of Kampala. The headquarters are immediately south-west of the Uganda Parliament Building. The main entrance to the KCCA Complex is located on Kimathi Avenue, which comes off of Parliament Avenue. The coordinates of this building are 0° 18' 54.00"N, 32° 35' 9.00"E (Latitude:0.315000; Longitude:32.585832).

Overview

The affairs of the capital city of

were brought under the direct supervision of the central Ugandan government. The city clerk, formerly the highest financial officer in the city, was replaced by the executive director, who is answerable to the Minister of Kampala Capital City Authority, currently Hajat Minsa Kabanda. The elected mayor became the lord mayor, now a largely ceremonial position. In addition to the politically elected councilors, the expanded KCCA Council has members from the following professional bodies as full voting members: Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers, Uganda Society of Architects, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, and

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Current leaders

As of June 2021, the key officials responsible for KCCA affairs were: # Hon. Hajjat Minsa Kabanda,

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of Kampala Capital City Authority, since 3 August 2021 # Hon. Kyofatogabye Kabuye, Minister of State for Kampala Capital City Authority, since 3 August 2021 #

Erias Lukwago Erias Lukwago Ssalongo (born 11 May 1970), is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the lord mayor of the city of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest metropolitan area in the country. He was first elected to that position on 14 J ...

, the Lord Mayor of

since 2011 #

Doreen Nyanjura Doreen Nyanjura (born circa 1989) is a Ugandan politician, who was on 18 June 2020, appointed Deputy Lord Mayor for Kampala, replacing Sarah Kanyike. She also serves as the elected Local Council 5 (LCV) Woman Councillor, representing Makerere ...

, Deputy Lord Mayor, since June 2021. # Dorothy Kisaka, the

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of Kampala Capital City Authority since June 2020 # ''David Luyimbazi Ssali'', the Deputy

of Kampala Capital City Authority, since June 2020.

Administrative divisions

Kampala is divided into five divisions, each headed by a popularly elected

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. Those divisions are preserved under the new KCCA Law. It is not yet clear what the roles of those five mayors will be in relation to the Lord Mayor and the KCCA Executive Director. The table below gives the names of the mayors:

Staff

As of February 2019, KCCA employed 1,113 staff, of whom 391 were permanent employees appointed by the public service commission.

Recent developments

In February 2015,

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, in collaboration with KCCA, began testing commuter passenger railway service in

and its suburbs, with a view to establish regular scheduled service beginning in March 2015. Uganda and China have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish an elevated light rail network.

References

External links

Website of Kampala Capital City AuthorityKCCA Beyond the Basics
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