KCCA – Kampala Capital City Authority

A brief on the Change from KCC to KCCA
For many years Kampala City was administered by the Kampala City Council (KCC) as a District under the Ministry of Local Government. The institution went through several years of endemic  mismanagement riddled with corruption and lack of accountability. This resulted in poor service delivery characterized by poor garbage collection, breakdown of basic infrastructure like roads and health centers.There was loss of public trust and many development partners had withdrawn  support. The deteriorating quality of service and institutional mismanagement prompted  Government to take action to address the situation.

In 2010, Government of Uganda took a bold policy decision to create the Kampala Capital City  Authority (KCCA) with the enactment of the KCC Act of 2010. The Act established KCCA as a body  corporate elevating Kampala from a district status under Ministry of local to a Central Government  Agency under the Presidency. KCCA was charged with overall responsibility to streamline  operations and improve service delivery in a bid to transform Kampala into a Modern and Attractive City.

Operational Excellence

Under the Operational Excellence Theme, KCCA focused on strengthening institutional capacity through;  recruitment of competent staff, enhancing the corporate image and restoring public trust, improving institutional efficiency, re-engineering & automating processes, enhancing asset management & resource accountability, increasing local revenue mobilization, enhancing communication and fostering community engagement.

Human and Social Development

The focus under this theme is to improve the quality of health & Education Services, community safety, risk reduction and enhanced community & social protection. The theme  integrates the work of many KCCA departments that are responsible for reducing inequalities by  addressing imbalances in access to economic opportunities and social services like health,  education, library, sports and recreation.

Economic Development

Under the economic Development theme the focus was on improved infrastructure through emergency repairs & rehabilitation of key roads and drainage channels, increased work spaces through construction of markets, improving household incomes especially for  he poor through support to SMEs, Youth & Community Empowerment under the NAADS, CDD and Youth Fund, Skill development for the Youth and employment creation through public works.

Planned and Green Environment

Under this theme, the focus was placed on enhancing solid waste collection and management, greening & beautification and protection of the environmental. Significant efforts  ere also put into enforcing compliance to development control standards as well as improving the  processing of development applications.