As traders continue striking for the loss of their properties, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has distanced itself from the ongoing construction activities at the Nakivubo Channel, placing the blame for the recent devastating floods that swept through downtown Kampala on businessman Hamis Kiggundu.
In an exclusive interview with Uncovered Ug media last night, Sharifah Buzeki, the KCCA Executive Director (ED), confirmed that while President Yoweri Museveni had offered political greenlight to the project, the requisite technical approval from the KCCA was never obtained before the commencement of the works.
“By the time he started constructing, he had no approved plan,” she stated. “He had to submit all the requirements that we gave him in September. He hoarded off the site and we told him to stop, invited him and informed him of what he needed to do.”
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Buzeki explained that when the presidential directive was transmitted via the prime minister, the instruction was that KCCA must support the channel construction. However, she stressed the President’s approval was conditional on compliance. “The president did not direct Hamis to start construction,” Buzeki asserted.
“What that meant was that as the technical team, we were supposed to give him what he needed to do to have that development on that channel, which we gave, and he was supposed to comply with our requirement before beginning. At the time of hoarding off the site, he did not have any of the paperwork needed.”
In conclusion, we call upon all traders to be compensated for the loss of their properties by the government to boost the business economy.
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