Musisi joins Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

Former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director, Ms Jennifer Musisi has joined Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a collaboration among Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School, and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Ms Musisi who resigned as KCCA boss on December 15, 2018 has joined Bloomberg as a consultant and will play a key role in advising on the design of Bloomberg Harvard programming, with a particular emphasis on programming for cities outside of the United States, according to Mr Jorrit de Jong, the director Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.

According to him, the professional lawyer whose performance during her seven-year tenure towered over her predecessors at KCCA “will serve as a resource for faculty, students, staff, and participating mayors and other city leaders, and will share insight and information on innovations, solutions, and approaches to common problems across cities.”

See full statement below;

Dear colleagues,

I am thrilled to share with you that Jennifer Musisi has joined us as the first
City Leader in Residence of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.

Jennifer will play a key role in advising on the design of Bloomberg Harvard programming, with a particular emphasis on programming for cities outside of the United States. She will serve as a resource for faculty, students, staff, and participating mayors and other city leaders, and will share insight and information on innovations, solutions, and approaches to common problems across cities. We also look forward to her contributing experience and knowledge to our Initiative’s production of content regarding city leadership.

Jennifer is a transformational leader with three decades of experience in turning around government institutions and systems in challenging settings. Most recently, she was appointed by the president of Uganda to serve as the first executive director of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda (a role comparable to mayor, chief executive or city manager). In this capacity, she earned a global reputation for strong urban governance, organizational leadership, innovation, and building service delivery systems in institutions grappling with crippling corruption, limited financing and systemic dysfunction. She also entered partnerships and mobilized significant funding to advance the city. Jennifer previously served as commissioner
of legal services and board affairs at the Uganda Revenue Authority and as legal advisor to Makerere University.

She started her career as a state attorney in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in Uganda. She also worked as Uganda’s ambassador for UN Sustainable Development
Goal 11, focusing on making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. She has been a speaker, trainer, and mentor on leadership, institutional reformation, transformational urban development, corruption, youth empowerment, poverty alleviation, innovative and appropriate solutions, and climate change.

She has won numerous awards and accolades in recognition of her accomplishments. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honors) and Master of Public Administration & Management from Makerere
University in Kampala, and a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, also in Kampala. She also received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Humanities from United Graduate College and Seminary International.
Please join me in welcoming Jennifer to the Ash Center and the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.
All best,
Jorrit de Jong
Lecturer in Public Policy and Management
Faculty Director Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Academic Director Innovations in Government Program
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation - Harvard Kennedy School

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