KITEEZI SAGA-Medard Ssegona tells the Speaker more people to be held responsible-TOUGH COSASE REPORT

Опубликовано: 04 Июнь 2025
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#behindtheheadlines #behindtheheadlines KITEEZI SAGA-Medard Ssegona tells the Speaker more people to be held responsible-TOUGH COSASE REPORT.
The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) on Thursday presented a report on the Auditor General’s Report on financial statements for the year ended 30th June 2023. The report on a number of entities including KCCA and NEMA among others. The report presented by Medard Ssegona the chairperson of COSASE was inevitable to exclude the history which led to the lose of lives after the Kiteezi landfill collapsed living 53 people dead, 28 gone missing and 18 people injured.
Ssegona claims that the authorities were fully aware of the possible outcomes from the kiteezi landfill after several investigations and alerts.
COSASE Report exposes a presidential executive order on the management of waste in Urban and City Centre dated 9th April 2023 which was left hanging by the relevant authorities.
The report highlights that the former ED of KCCA Dorothy Kisaka initiated the implementation of the presidential Executive order but in vain. Kisaka in her later dated 20th June 2023, asked that 36.6 billion be allocated for the decomposition process of Kiteezi but the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development turned a deaf ear. COSASE report faults the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs and the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury for keeping silent on Kisaka’s cries.
This is the reason why COSASE wants both minister for Kampala and PSST to be held responsible.
After the failed attempts, the Director of Public Health and Environment at KCCA Daniel Ayen Okello on 2nd July 2024 notified the former KCCA Executive on the sorry state of Kiteezi landfill indicating possible dangers after identifying cracks and blockage of drainage.
The then KCCA ED Dorothy Kisaka also went silent despite the alerts from Dr. Okello. COSASE wants Kisaka to be held responsible for this move.
The COSASE report also exposes how lack of transparency contributed to a failed attempt to identify a possible investor to execute the modern waste management. The process turned out to be a blame game with the Former ED Blaming the KCCA Technical team which decided to operate behind doors.
The report further brings out how the 135 Acre land in Dundu Mukono was wrongly acquired after the Committee found out that the land is not strategic enough to accommodate waste management.
Medard Ssegona points out a number of recommendations including reviving the presidential Executive Order, closing of all landfills in Kampala Metropolitan Area within two years and channelling waste to a modern landfill operated and no dumping should be allowed at Dundu Mukono District among others.
The report of COSASE will be under debate by the MPS next week.