Sh 600 millions shared to recommend KCCA’s Kitaka

By Drone Writer

Towards the end of last year (2019), Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director, Engineer Andrew Kitaka, was barred by the authority’s council to submit the budget over his elapsed tenure of office.

The KCCA council questioned Kitaka’s stay in office since he had stayed beyond the six months that a public officer can hold a position in acting capacity.

Kitaka had not been confirmed. The KCCA Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, said both Kitaka and his Deputy, Sam Sserunkuuma who was also serving in acting capacity had no legal competence to present a budget before the Authority.

Lukwago said the council resolved to meet the Kampala Minister, Attorney General, Public Service Commission and Finance minister before they could debate the budget framework paper despite the November 15th, 2019 deadline.

The Drone Media learnt that the council asked Kitaka to present letters of recommendations from the Kampala Minister, who by then was Beti Kamya Namisango, and Attorney General and Public Service Commission.

While this was in the process, The Drone Media witnessed sharing of a bribe (loot), sacks of money at a hotel  in Kampala.  One of the figures the council wanted to recommend Eng. Andrew Kitaka, was casually seated at this Kampala hotel with a soldier from Mbuya, The Drone Media was present.

Moments later, a Mercedes Benz car pulled up. Two smart youthful males came out of the car. They straightway walked to this minister, who was conversing with the soldier from Mbuya Barracks.  The minister was overheard asking in a tough voice, ” how much is this?”  The Drone Media could not hear what the smart youthful males, replied to the minister because they mumbled.

What was clear is that the minister chased the smart youthful males, who had brought one sack of money. They went aside, made phone calls and thereafter another sleek car pulled up. The smart youthful males returned to the minister, smiling. They were overheard telling him, ” sh 600 millions.”

The minister reached his pocket and shoved out a wad of money, counted sh 600,000 in denomination of sh 50,000, which he gave to the Mbuya soldier before he joined the smart youthful males.

No sooner had he reached at the cars than two more sleek cars pulled up. The occupants of the cars did not waste time; they opened car boots and started, transferring money from sacks to the boots of their cars. Surprisingly, they were not counting the money; they shoved it randomly as dumped it into car boots.

This was done within a few minutes and all the parties involved drove out at a break-neck speed, fleeing the hotel premises. The Drone Media waited for the noise about Kitaka’s tenure of office, but it was never heard again.