4 , Tuesday, September 2, 2014 NATIONAL NEWS rains kill three people Parts of By Michael Odeng, Betty Amamukirori Namasuba and and Juliet Waiswa Zana along WHAT IS KCCA DOING? Entebbe Road in A 20-year-old woman died after being swept away by gushing water and two others died  The authority is working with after the Sunday after they were electrocuted following a downpour. heavy downpour in Kampala on Sunday, Photos by the Police have said. Samuel Balagadde Eyewitness accounts, according to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman, Patrick ! Onyango, indicated that the woman identified "!# as Madinah Nabakoza was swept away when she reportedly miscalculated the depth beneath a flooded area in -. ! Addressing the press in Kampala yesterday, $%! Onyango said Hospital was yet to %%& give a report on the autopsy examination ! on Nabakoza. "!!'(() Elsewhere, five people were electrocuted in Kajjansi on Entebbe Road moments after the rains started. Two died on the spot, while three Kalerwe, Ndeeba and Mutungo. others sustained injuries. The flooding has been attributed to blocked The two included Moses Sebandeke, 48 drainage channels in Kampala. and Isaac Byaruhanga, 20. They were part In a separate interview, Kampala Capital City of a group that attempted to move a tent Authority (KCCA) spokesperson Peter Kaujju near the Seventh Day Adventist Church said the clogged channels will be improved in the trading centre. upon, adding that the authority had deployed a ‘‘They were moving a tent due to heavy rains. team of workers to open the drainages. Unfortunately, the metallic tip of the tent made In , small channels which drain into the contact with a hanging electric wire, leading to Lubijji Channel would be repaired by a team of their electrocution,” said Onyango. consultants in order to reduce flooding. He identified the survivors as He said KCCA is working with consultants Umaru Walusimbi, Steven Katende to improve flood-prone areas along Jinja Road, and Joshua Mugodia. Entebbe Road roundabout and . As the rainy season continues, a Police survey Kaujju noted that there is pressure on the city released on Sunday indicated that the rains have as a result of urbanisation. However, KCCA is destroyed property worth millions of shillings updating a new master plan. The last master in the city suburbs of , Nalukolongo, plan for the city was drawn in 2003. Lukwago demands schedule on mayor case KCCA, drivers form committee By Andante Okanya to the Supreme Court. to manage city public transport On April 1, Lukwago petitioned Embattled Kampala Lord Mayor the Supreme Court, asking it to By Juliet Waiswa Erias Lukwago’s legal team is quash the order by Justice Steven demanding that the Court of Kavuma of the Court of Appeal. Following last week’s commuter taxi Appeal schedules a hearing Before Kavuma’s order of March drivers’ strike, the Kampala Capital date for his case as directed by 31, Lukwago had secured another City Authority (KCCA) has come up the Supreme Court. order from High Court judge, Lydia with an interim committee to manage Yesterday, constitutional Mugambe, on March 28, to let him public transport in the city. Peter Walubiri, who heads return to office. The committee comprising 10 Lukwago’s legal team, told New The Attorney General (AG) members from the Transport Vision that they would prompt the appealed against it in the Court of Development Agency (UTRADA) and court to act as directed. Appeal and later sought an interim Taxi Parks Co-ordinating Committee On August 21, a panel of five order to restrain Lukwago from (TAPSCOM) is expected to conduct justices of the Supreme Court performing mayoral functions until elections for the leadership of taxi dismissed Lukwago’s bid to his (AG’s) appeal is heard. operators in the city. Polling is set for KCCA deputy executive return to office, saying he had not Kavuma granted the prayer for September 4. director Tumusiime exhausted the mandatory statutory Erias Lukwago the interim order, which halted Although KCCA has come up with the steps at the Court of Appeal. Mugambe’s order. But before the interim committee, it maintains that it will The drivers went on strike last Monday Lukwago was impeached Court of Appeal set a date to hear continue collecting the sh120,000 per protesting the sh120,000 monthly dues on November 25, 2013 over “It is not a matter the appeal, Lukwago dashed to the taxi per month. Taxi operators are also by KCCA and alleged mistreatment of incompetence, abuse of office and Supreme Court. expected to load and offload passengers the TAPSCOM. During the meeting, all misbehaviour unfitting of the status of assumption that Also yesterday, Walubiri wondered from KCCA designated stages and parks. parties agreed that a 10-man committee of Lord Mayor. whether the AG and Kampala The KCCA deputy executive director, be formed from each of the rival groups Walubiri said he was in the final the court should act. Capital City Authority (KCCA) were Judith Tumusiime, has since written to — TAPSCOM and UTRADA. stages of drafting a letter to the interested in fixing their application, the stakeholders informing them that In a letter dated August 29, written to registrar of the Court of Appeal. Lukwago should file challenging Mugambe’s orders. the authority shall display a register of all each of the interim members, Tumusiime “I am writing to the registrar But in a brief phone interview with registered vehicles and their respective states the terms of reference, functions, of the Court of Appeal to fix fresh documents to New Vision, the director of Civil drivers for verification. responsibilities and what KCCA expects the matter for hearing. I will Litigation in the AG’s chambers, “The enforcement function remains the of drivers. remind the registrar, then we will Cheborion Barishaki, stated that statutory mandate of KCCA and it shall “...an interim committee of 20 members wait and see whether they will the Court of Appeal,” the obligation is on Lukwago to file be carried out directly by KCCA with the to assist KCCA in organising elections comply with the court’s directive,” Barishaki a fresh set of documents detailing assistance of the Police,” a letter signed for the taxi operators leadership. It Walubiri stated. his query. by Tumusiime states. will also investigate, if possible, resolve The five justices of the Supreme “It is not a matter of assumption She also states that they agreed in any complaints of wrongful inclusion Court unanimously said Lukwago’s the Court of Appeal. that the court should act. Lukwago the meeting convened by the Inspector or exclusion of an eligible driver from move was premature. They noted They ruled that Lukwago should should file fresh documents to the General of Police, Kale Kayihura, on the register to be relied upon at the that what he was appealing have appealed to a panel of three Court of Appeal,” Barishaki stated, August 25, that the existing stage polling,’’ read the letter. The committee against was just an interim justices in the Court of Appeal to adding that they are waiting for management of TAPSCOM remains will ensure the attendance of only duly order made by a single judge of probe his query, instead of running court to fix a hearing date. until elections are held. registered drivers at the election venue.