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Lord Mayor: Law, Power and Politics Be More Integrated in the Community 12 NEW VISION, Friday, October 3, 2014 COMMENT OPINION Congs Police on centenary but... key suspect in the February murder of Police offi cer Joseph Bigirwa has been arrested in Anorthern Uganda and the Police is in the process of bringing him to Kampala to be charged and tried. The suspect, Joseph Olanya, it is alleged, shot and killed Bigirwa, as the policeman tried to foil a robbery at Gaz petrol fuel station in Kajjansi earlier this year. It was suspected that Olanya had fl ed to South Sudan. He was arrested last month for allegedly staging a car robbery at Karuma along the Gulu-Kampala highway. By a stroke of luck he was recognised by a A Senior Two student lied that he had been kidnapped in order to extort money from his mother to go to Dubai detective as he sought bail. The Police force was created in 1906 and has grown to a force of 40,000. In recent years it has been better equipped to do its David Mukholi, Journalist work, although its offi cers and men continue to live in abysmal conditions in the barracks. Their goal is to transition from a coercive force to community policing, where they will Lord Mayor: law, power and politics be more integrated in the community. hen a tough talking and confi dent politicians cries ering to the contrary that it is possible. And also accepting opefully this ambition includes in the camera, it makes news but it also a sign of Musisi has proved her worth with a lot to show for during the an improved capacity to detect accepting defeat. Embattled Kampala Lord Mayor, absence of a mayor. crime and investigate so that WErias Lukwago, just did that late last month. Tears Last year the tribunal noted that the KCCA Act created two welled in his eyes during a press conference as he lamented power centres, the Executive Director as one and the Lord Hsuspects like Olanya, also known what he described as betrayal by Sulaiman Kidandala. Luk- Mayor as another. Since two power centres cannot amicably as Bucherman, do not get away with murder. wago was reacting to reports about plans to elevate Kidandala, co-exist in an entity, one has to outwit or even neutralise Clearly Olanya’s capture was a stroke of deputy Lord Mayor, to replace him as Lord Mayor. the other to dominate. This stops infi ghting, allows order to It will soon be a year since Lukwago was ejected from offi ce prevail and work to be done. luck, but if the Police force was facilitated after the Kampala Capital City Auithority (KCCA) councillors With Musisi running the show, the Executive Director as a with computers and a connected network, it voted to kick him out. The decision followed a constitutional power centre is not only in charge but has routed the Lord would take more than luck to identify such tribunal ruling that he was unfi t to hold offi ce on account of Mayor as a power centre. The next Lord Mayor or even if Luk- misconduct, abuse of offi ce and incompetence. Every passing wago returned will fi nd the Executive Director’s power centre suspects wherever they showed up in the day pushes Lukwago inches towards oblivion. His supporters well-established and fi rm. But with Lukwago in tears, an country. As the police force marches into and the big names that cheered him on as he struggled indication he is beginning to accept his fate, his return is not its second century it needs to beef up its for power while in charge at City Hall are gradually certain. As he deals with his situation out of offi ce, Luk- capacity with more than just numbers to disappearing leaving him lonely. wago is upset with prospects of a councillor Kidandala While in offi ce he was at odds with Jennifer accepting to act as Lord Mayor. He can’t imagine it better protect the population. Musisi, who he probably underestimated and but two factors are driving Kidanadala. One is the The force, one of the oldest institutions in thought he would bully and cripple into an inef- politics – DP vs Independents. DP is fi ghting to im- this country, needs to employ more brain fective Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) prove its political representation in Kampala. In the Executive Director. But instead the tides turned 2011 elections Lukwago divided the party’s votes than brawn to keep with better equipped against him. Now Lukwago faces the enor- when he ran as an independent backed by SUUBI, and connected criminals. Well done Uganda mous challenge of fi ghting from outside City a Buganda interest group. The NRM reaped from Police, for attaining this major milestone Hall to get back in. Politicians know the best po- the split to capture majority seats in the council. in your history. But let this not just be an sition to fi ght from is inside not outside. While DP is in support of Kidandala, one of the few inside one can cobble alliances, and employ councillors who won seats on the party ticket, to be occasion for chest thumping but one too for infl uence and resources to resist, which Lukwago confi rmed as acting Lord Mayor. Two is politicians re-examination and planning to be a more is unable to do now that he is out. are ambitious. Kidandala as a politician has to prove effective custodians of the peace. From outside City Hall, he may claim to himself; to him he is not stabbing Lukwago in be Lord Mayor but the reality is he the back but simply playing politics and does not wield any power. He now also aspiring for the top job. Against operates an offi ce somewhere the two are the NRM’s interests to in Kamwokya but without have Lukwago out for attempting any resources. From there to turn Kampala into a political NewNew VisionVision he claims to monitor KCCA activists’ theatre. He was at the work but he cannot make centre of the walk-to-work and any decisions. This is other protests crafted to effect Editorial Tel: 0414 -337000/337139 likely to go on until or if court reinstates him in regime change. So Lukwago who had also P.O. Box 9815 Fax: 0414-235843, Kampala. offi ce but even then the protracted legal battle Tears welled in vowed not to be seen as working with NRM E-mail: [email protected]; is also aggravating his situation as people are is an adversary to be defeated. [email protected] losing interest in his case. Although Lukwago boasts he is still the Marketing/Advertising Tel: 0414-337-000 On the other hand, KCCA’s work is going Lukwago’s eyes Lord Mayor, he is beginning to accept reality Fax: 0414 -232050 e-mail: [email protected] on unhindered. Roads are being repaired and as his long absence from City Hall renders Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), Company reconstructed and a new market and taxi park him powerless. For instance, his announce- listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange opened. Such developments are overshadowing as he realised ment fi ring Kidandala for betraying him Lukwago’s plight and even the role of the Lord during a press conference given under a Mayor. Kampala residents who thought the city his fate tree confi rms he is out of offi ce and without www.newvision.co.ug would not function without a mayor are discov- power. .
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