People heard yesterday with amusement media comments attributed to some few councilors at KCCA threatening to censure KCCA Executive Director Jenniffer Musisi over her alleged refusal to attend Authority meetings convened by Lord Mayor. But one of the councilors Bernard Luyiga (MakerereUniversity) denies having known such a move.

Luyiga says that he is yet to find which particular councilors made such media remarks; and wondered the legal basis upon which his honorable colleagues cited to courageously and boldly make such remarks. Luyiga says the statements weree not only foolhardy, but also impractical for a number of reasons.

Councilor Luyiga says he as the chairperson of the KCCA legal Affairs committee, he doesn’t not know what legal provision his honorable colleagues can invoke to censure the Executive Director whose appointment and dismissal are wholly vested in the person of the president as per sec.17(2) and 18 respectively , of the KCC Act 2010!

The president can remove the Executive Director of KCCA only after being advised by the Public service commission but not by the KCCA councilors.

And such a removal can be effected only under the following circumstances as per section 18 of the KCC Act 2010: that is inability to perform his or her functions, misbehavior or misconduct, incompetence, corruption and if the holder commits a breach of the leadership code of conduct!

“I am now failing to understand how “failure to attend an illegal meeting” convened by the Lord Mayor justifies her removal from office yet as per sec 19(g) of the KCC Act, she is the one mandated to advise the Authority (councilors and Lord mayor) on technical, administrative and legal matters pertaining to the management of the Authority,” Luyiga explains.

Luyiga advises his fellow councilors to desist from wasting energy on impossible tasks and instead explore means of how they can strategically partner with the technical people in the fulfillment of their mandate and obligations as elected leaders of Kampala.