KCCA - Kampala Capital City Authority

lr-slideshow type=SampleA brief on the Change from KCC to KCCAFor 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of basic infrastructure like roads and health centers.There was loss of public trust and many development partners had withdrawn support.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 ExcellenceUnder 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 DevelopmentThe focus under this theme is to improve the quality of health & Education Services communitysafety risk reduction and enhanced community & social protection. The theme integrates the workof many KCCA departments that are responsible for reducing inequalities by addressing imbalancesin access to economic opportunities and social services like health education library sports andrecreation.Economic DevelopmentUnder the economicDevelopmenttheme the focuswas on improvedinfrastructure throughemergency repairs &rehabilitation of keyroads and drainagechannels increasedwork spaces throughconstruction ofmarkets improvinghousehold incomesespecially for hepoor throughsupport to SMEsYouth & CommunityEmpowerment underthe NAADS CDDand Youth FundSkill developmentfor the Youth andemployment creationthrough public works.Planned and Green EnvironmentUnder this theme the focus was placed on enhancing solid waste collection and managementgreening & beautification and protection of the environmental. Significant efforts ere also put intoenforcing compliance to development control standards as well as improving the processing ofdevelopment applications.