PRESS STATEMENT 3rd January, 2019

TRANSFORMATION OF CITY The transformation of Kampala City begun over 7 years ago in April 2011 with the operationalization of KCCA. KCCA’s vision is to be a Vibrant, Attractive and Sustainable City and our Mission is to deliver quality services to the people of Kampala. In the next three to six months, we have set an ambitious yet achievable plan across our areas of operation ranging from road and drainage works, street lighting, waste management, revenue administration to economic empowerment of the vulnerable groups through skilling and job creation, among others.

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KCCA PROGRAM PROG. 100 DAYS FOCUSED SIX MONTHS STRATEGIC RESULTS OUTPUT OUTLOOK OBJECTIVES

Improving KIIDP 2 Improved Batch 2 roads civil works Construction of all Transport quality of launched. Batch roads Infrastructure the city commenced. road Batch 2 Roads: network for 1. Ring road enhanced and its extension (5.7 connectivit km) y and 2. - Road Mobility, (2.8km) and 3. Acacia Road (1.4km) Institutiona 4. Kabusu- Bunamwaya l efficiency roads (8.06km) 5. Lukuli Road (7.7km)

Recognition of people who gave free land worth

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UGX 4.5bn to facilitate KIIDP2 projects.

Signalization of 13 junctions including:

1. Ntinda Junction 2. Matyr’s Way Junction 3. Ssemawata Junction 4. Ntinda 2 Junction 5. Lower Terace Junction 6. Upper Kololo Terrace Junction 7. Mabua Road Junction 8. Sturrock Road 9. Acacia Avenue Junction 10. Kabusu / Masaka Rd Junction

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11. Lweza/ Entebbe Junction 12. Lukuli Road/ Kayemba Junction 13. Masaka Road Junction

KCCA PROGRAM PROG. 100 DAYS FOCUSED SIX MONTHS STRATEGIC RESULTS OUTPUT OUTLOOK OBJECTIVES

AFDB City roads rehabilitation program Improving Transport infrastructure Better connectivit Upgrading of y and Launch of the DFID Construction and Kampala mobility in supported Roads upgrade of 300km of Road the city rehabilitation Program secondary and Network connecting roads in the city under USD

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250mn UK Export Finance Facility.

Kampala Improved Renovation of Old Taxi Renovation of Old Roads connectivit park, Kisenyi and USAFI Taxi Park, Kisenyi and Maintenance y and Parks. USAFI taxi Parks. Program mobility in Intensify Pot hole (URF the city Sectional repairs to be sealing. funded) done on the following oads and Junctions: Beautification of roads and Paving of  Binaisa road and walkways on major Junctions roadsin all divisions.  Bandali Rise junction with Luthuli village Renovation of a (Village mall access), number critical  Fifth street roads/Junctions in the Rehabilitation, city.  maintenance,  Masaka road drainage

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 Rehabitation of Salaama Roads and accesses  Restoration of Natete Junction traffic lights.  Upgrading of Nanfumbambi and george serwadda roads  Road marking for street parking bays.  Construction of walkways in the CBD on the following roads: Kimathi Avenue, Sir Apollo Kaggwa, Parliament Avenue, Said Barre, Nile Avenue, Kampala and Jinja road.  Road marking for selected roads street parking bays in the CBD.  Junction improvements at Mawanda

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road/Kisingiri road, Sir Apollo and Kyadondo roads.

Complete procurement of Contract signing and consultant for supervision of Lubigi supervision and primary and contractor for Nakamiro secondary construction works of drainage channels Lubigi primary and Nakamiro secondary drainage channels

Complete procurement of Contract signing and a consultant for commencement of Daigonistic study and Daigonistic study and modelling for Nakivubo modelling for drainage system to Nakivubo drainage address the flooding system to address the incidences at clock flooding incidences at Tower, Fire Brigade, and clock Tower, Fire GAPCO areas Brigade, and Nsambya GAPCO areas

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Maintenance of 85km of Maintenance of primary and secondary 170km of primary and drains secondary drains

Covering of 100 open Covering of 200 open manholes with composite manholes with perforated covers in the composite perforated GOU City covers in the City Procurement of both: Start of construction works of both: a) Remaining construction works under a) Remaining Lot 2 of 2.8km of drains construction works in (St. Denis, under Lot 2 of 2.8km Nakinyuguzi, Kabaluka) of drains in Makindye and (Sebanja, (St. Denis, Kimera, Nabunya) Nakinyuguzi, Divisions, and Kabaluka) and Lubaga (Sebanja, Kimera, b) 5.9km of drains in Nabunya) Divisions Central (i.e. Kitamanyangamba LDC), b) 5.9km of drains in Lubaga (Nabulagala) and Central (i.e.

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Nakawa (Kasana valley, Kitamanyangamba Savannah, Muweesi, LDC), Lubaga Bugolobi. UBC Link) (Nabulagala) and Divisions Nakawa (Kasana valley, Savannah, Muweesi, Bugolobi. UBC Link) Divisions

STREET Delivering All street lights in the city Repair all LIGHTING safe and repaired and functional nonfunctioning Street secure lights Kampala

Enhance the city Physical Deliver a Mud and dust  Key Focus areas: Attractiveness Planning planned Elimination Campaign  Landscape available and launched and road verges in the habitable implemented City Centre roads. neighborho  Upscale Paving and ods. frontage Improved (Paving ,grassing and maintenance physical beautification)  campaign for planning walkways and processes commercial properties.

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 Regulate landscaping and storm water

management on private properties.  Provide soft landscape and tree planting for

residential plots.  Support Community Tree Planting initiated in Mulago to be rolled out in All divisions with support from UNFA

Development of Online Smart Permit System

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Testing of smart permit done

Improve quality of Gender, PROGRAM Market vendors at Kasubi Kasubi Market social services Community IMPACT: Market registered and construction and Developmen Empowerin settlement, t and g and Validation of 1300 Production facilitating Market construction market vendors communiti Carpet completed. Rennovations and es, Equiping of particularly Youth the centre; vulnerable groups, to

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realize and harness Allocate out all empty Filling of empty stalls their stalls in the USAFI in USAFI Market, potential Market. for 159 Youth livelihood purposeful projects to be funded. and 37 YLP projects funded in 25, Rubaga sustainable for . 42, Makindye 35 developme Central 15, Nakawa 42 nt. (Major sector: Artisans, poultry and trading). Ground breaking of Low cost Market in Kitintale.

Launch of the UNICEF USD5mn funded program that will benefit 1500 adolescent girls in Kampala city. The support will help to

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prevent adolescent girls from dropping out of school, and support those that are already out of school with income with generating opportunities.

Public Program Streets cleared of Intensify collection of Health and IMPACT: Garbage and silt. Kiteezi Solid waste Environment Improved Landfill extended to Extension of Kiteezi Health increase it useful life. land fill services and clean Enforce noise pollution in Intensify enforcement and Bugolobi, Kololo and of Noise pollution in habitable the city environme nt

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Education Improved Seed School Commissioning the and social Education commissioned. Removal completed 9 services service of Asbestos from classroom blocks and delivery Nakivubo Blue and Biogas Toilet

Makerere University. constructed with Construction of Impala support from InterAid and Gorilla Monuments Kansanga Seed Completion of Tourism Secondary School. Information Centre. Refurbishment of Administration Block at Nakivubo blue PS and Removal of Asbestos roof from Nakivubo Blue and University Primary Schools. Construction of the two monuments of the Impala and the Gorilla in partnership with UWA. Completion of the Tourism Information

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Centre in the Sheraton Gardens.

Revenue Publish and display Collection the draft valuation lists for properties in Makindye, Lubaga and Kawempe Divisions as well as the draft supplementary lists for Nakawa Division; it is projected that at the end of the exercise; 64,000 properties in Kawempe, 80,000 in

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Lubaga Divisions will generate of UGX 30B. The draft supplementary list for Nakawa Division has 6,000 properties from which UGX 1bn is anticipated.

Revenue target achievement level. Putting in place revenue compliance programs to achieve the monthly targets i.e. by end of 1st 3 months UGX 34.5 is planned for collection.

Implement the collection of the new approved Outdoor Advertising and building fees rates;

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This expected to raise revenue source collections by 75% i.e. UGX 1.3Bn over the next three months.

Implement the Authority decision to waive interest on outstanding property rates and request property owners to pay the principle amount; This is projected to cause voluntary compliance and realize ugx 30Bn.

Conduct 30 public engagements to publicize the property rates interest waiver, viewing of the draft valuation lists and Roll

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out of the automated market fees payment process.

To ensure that processes and systems put in place are complied with; Conduct process inspections aimed at ensuring that staff and the public adhere to the set procedures and guidelines i.e. 6 inspections and audits

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