Former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Jenifer Musisi has this morning handed over office to Kampala Minister Beti Kamya, at least two month after resigning.
On October 15th 2018, Musisi handed in her resignation afyer serbing as the ED for 7 years. Since the president is yet to announce her replacent, the iron lady handed over to the Kampala minisyer Betty Kamya.
Musisi in her 21 page resignation letter highlighted a number of challenges in the management of Kampala, that could have triggered her premature departure from the authorit includin lack of funding for several projects.
Also, unceasing bickering between the political and technical wing of KCCA, a revelation made at the heal of tensions and power struggles between the KCCA political wing led by the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, the technical wing and Kampala Minister Beti Olive Kamya frustrated work for Musisi.
"One of the challenges has been to reconcile the competing interests between political perspectives/ decisions and the strategic plans of the KCCA technical team. Consequently, it has increasingly become difficult to achieve set targets," Musisi said.
Musisi also pointed out that KCCA has inadequate permanent staff on account of budget limitations, resulting in prolonged temporary terms of service and job insecurity. She adds that this trend has led to demotivation and high turnover of highly skilled staff.
