Court in Kampala has ordered Kampala City Council to file their defense by December 22nd 2010 in the matter of failing to fix the pothole roads and falling to manage garbage in the city.
Potholes are all over Kampala
Kamapala High Court Judge Eridadi Mwangusha noted that this matter is of public interest which should be handled quickly.
Three city resident who include a city lawyer Richard Omongole and two Makerere university students Asumputa Namande and Evelyne Agowe took KCC to court accusing the city authority of sitting idly by the city goes to waste.
Kampala city council was sued together with the five divisions namely Kampala central, Lubaga Kawepe, Nakawa and Makindye.
Omongole says his car has several times got broken on Kampala roads causing a lot of money to be spent in repairing his car.
The three residents want Court to declare that Kampala city council failure to rehabilitees and maintain Kampala roads is a violation of the right to live in a clean and healthy environment.
They are further seeking court to order Kampala city council to cover the potholes in the city.
By Mugisa Isaac Mathias