Kampala Minister, Betti Olive Kamya was no show at a meeting convened by the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago to discuss the KCCA amendment bill. Kamya declined to attend the meeting, saying she hadn’t been included on the order paper.
Kamya had initially agreed to attend the meeting in a June 8th, 2017 letter to the Lord Mayor. “I wish inform you that the minister will attend the above sitting and make a statement on Kampala Capital City. The statement will cover all issues in regard to development of Kampala. I therefore wish to ask that the order paper be readjusted to provide for the item of the statement of the minister immediately after the authority prayer. Please inform my office in writing and send a copy of the readjusted order paper,” reads her letter.
Lukwago wrote back to Kamya on the same date, saying he couldn’t adjust the order paper. “The rules of procedure don’t confer prerogative powers on the office of the Lord Mayor to amend or adjust the order paper once it is issued and circulated to the members of the authority,” read Lukwago’s letter.
He however, advised the minister to come to the meeting, saying council members would amend the order paper and give her an opportunity to make a presentation. Kamya wrote back to the Lord Mayor, arguing that she could not attend unless minister’s address is clearly put on the order paper.
