President Yoweri Museveni has sacked Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka after a report filed by the Inspectorate of Government on the Kiteezi landfill tragedy.
Also fired is KCCA Deputy Executive Director David Luyimbazi and Dr Daniel Okello, the Authority’s Director for Public Health.
In a statement titled ‘President Museveni Dismisses KCCA Top Officials Following IGG Report On Kiteezi Landfill Disaster,’ State House’s Presidential Press Unit (PPU), explained that the IGG report faulted Kisaka, Luyimbazi and Okello for criminal negligence.
“In a decisive response to the findings of the Inspector General of Government (IGG) report concerning the Kiteezi Landfill disaster, H.E the President of the Republic of Uganda has exercised his constitutional authority under Article 172 (1) (a) of the 1995 Constitution to dismiss several key officials of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) in the public interest due to significant evidence of criminal negligence,” the statement read in part.
It added that “the IGG’s report clearly outlined the severe oversight and negligence exhibited by these officials.”
Museveni has now tasked the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and other crime management agencies to “thoroughly investigate the matter further focusing on the angle of criminal negligence associated with this distressing event.”
In the wake of the Kiteezi disaster, Museveni directed the deputy IGG to investigate the matter, the basis of which he would take a decision. (See Details Here).
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