KCCA votes on Monday to kick out Lukwago
L-R: Newly-elected KCCA professional bodies councillors Karuma Kagina from Uganda Institute of professional engineers, Dr Denson Nyabwama from Uganda Medical Association, Ms Verna Mbabazi Mwinganiza from Uganda Society of Architects, and Frank Kanduho from the Uganda Law Society, during the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. PHOTO BY FAISWAL KASIRYE
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Battle. On the same day, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and his lawyers will be at the High Court for hearing of an application seeking to stop Mr Tumwebaze from proceeding with the impeachment.
The Minister for Kampala, Mr Frank Tumwebaze, has called the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Council to convene on Monday at 9am to discuss the tribunal report and vote on the impeachment of the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago.
While council will be sitting, the High Court will also be hearing an application for an interim order stopping Mr Tumwebaze and all persons acting under his authority, from proceeding with the vote of no confidence against the Lord Mayor.
The court hearing is scheduled for 10am.
Hasty decision
According to Mr Lukwago, the minister is acting in bad faith and moving the meeting to Monday was an attempt to fail the court from questioning the tribunal report.
“They know that court will quash the report and now they are acting in hurry to overtake the court process. The minister had earlier said that he will convene the meeting on Thursday but when he heard court was hearing our application on Monday, he sent out the notice,” the Mr Lukwago said.
However, Mr Frank Tumwebaze told Saturday Monitor that he had issued the notice for the council meeting on Thursday this week, shortly after the four councilors representing professional bodies, were sworn in.
“I called the meeting in the timeframe provided for by the law. If I had intended to interfere with the Lord Mayor’s activities, I would have convened it sooner,” Mr Tumwebaze said.
Former FDC party president Kizza Besigye and Mr Lukwago are also planning to meet Kampala City voters in addition to the legal battles despite Police’s 24-hour surveillance at their homes.
The two were on Tuesday arrested and detained for two days before being charged in court with an old “offence” of holding meetings as members of an unlawful society in July 2012. They say, this will not deter them from the fight for good governance.
Mr Lukwago says they resolved on pursuing an interface with the electorate on Thursday in Kasangati at Dr Besigye’s home after they were both driven there by police upon release by court.
