Kampala: Lukwago goes to court over plans to impeach him

The battles in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) are not about to end.

Barely 24 hours after the Minister for Kampala, Mr Frank Tumwebaze, appointed a three-man tribunal to investigate issues raised in a petition by a group of councillors against Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, the latter has petitioned court seeking an injunction against the actions of the former.

In a petition lodged at the Constitutional Court, Mr Lukwago says the minister did not accord him the right to be heard which is in contravention of the Constitution.

Mr Lukwago alleges that the minister has been part of the undertakings at KCCA all of which were included in the petition and, therefore, cannot constitute a commission at which he will also appear as a witness.

Going against Parliamentary rules

He further added: “I asked Parliament to investigate the issues that have paralysed the operations of the Authority and the same continues to be investigated but the minister is circumventing the parliamentary process by pursuing an illegal petition of the said councillors.”

Last month, about 17 city councillors petitioned the minister seeking to impeach him on allegations of incompetence, failure to convene authority meetings, among others.

Mr Lukwago, however, said the number does not meet the two-thirds of all councillors as required by the KCCA Act.

“There are supposed to be 35 councillors and because the authority is not fully constituted, that petition cannot stand,” he added.

Source: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Lukwago-goes-to-court-over-plans-to-impeach-him/-/688334/1874988/-/h1yjlez/-/index.html