How Museveni’s meddling complicates hiring and work Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Just days after Jennifer Musisi announcing that she was resigning as executive director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), experts started discussing her likely successors and the challenges that await them. Musisi announced on Oct.15 that she …
Read More »Kampala’s fat and the hungry
KCCA, WFP concerned as number of children without food grows from 13.5% to 18% Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | More people are going hungry in Kampala district; home of the nation’s capital. This is odd because Kampala is the center of the richest people in Uganda. But as many …
Read More »Musisi walks-out
The real story behind Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E. NANTABA | Events that led Jennifer Musisi, the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to offer to resign appear to have climaxed on Oct. 05. But when The Independent interviewed her soon after she announced her resignation, Musisi insisted on …
Read More »Jennifer Musisi: KCCA has strong human resource
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing Kampala Capital City Authority Executive Director, Jennifer Musisi has spoken out about her resignation. Musisi tendered her resignation letter to President, Yoweri Museveni on Monday evening this week. According to the letter, the resignation takes effect on December 15th, 2018. In her letter, …
Read More »Lukwago: We want a professional not political Executive Director
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has asked President, Yoweri Museveni to a professional executive director and not a politician. This follows the resignation of Jeniffer Musisi, the incumbent KCCA ED on Monday evening. Her resignation takes effect on December 15th, 2018. The president is …
Read More »Kamya praises Musisi for changing the face of Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Minister, Beti Olive Kamya has praised Jennifer Musisi, the outgoing Executive Director Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA for transforming the face of the Uganda’s capital. According to Kamya, prior to Musisi’s appointment, the city was dirty and dark, but her entry changed things. Kamya, …
Read More »KCCA, WFP launch study to fight urban malnutrition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and the World Food Program have launched a program aimed at fighting malnutrition and food insecurity in Kampala. The program that was launched on Thursday at the City Hall in Kampala will start with a survey around the suburbs of Kampala …
Read More »The fall of Jennifer Musisi
COMMENT | Andrew M. Mwenda | Finally Jennifer Musisi has resigned as executive director of KCCA. This was inevitable. However, her resignation points to a deeper malady that our nation faces: the gulf between our theoretical ambitions and the pettiness of our politics. Musisi has fallen because she aspired …
Read More »Erias Lukwago Celebrates Jennifer Musisi’s exit from KCCA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago has celebrated the resignation of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Executive Director, Jennifer Musisi. Musisi on Monday announced her resignation after seven years in office. In a 21-page letter dated October 15, 2018, Musisi said she will cease being executive …
Read More »KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi resigns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jennifer Musisi Semakula has resigned from the office of the Executive Director of Kampala, ending her seven year tenure at the helm of the city. Musisi submitted her 21-page resignation notice to President Yoweri Museveni Monday indicating that she will step down on December 15, …
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