The City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago is skeptical that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni shall respect elected leaders in Kampala and not frustrate their efforts to transform the City simply because they subscribe to opposition political parties.
Lukwago was giving his inaugural speech after taking over office of the Lord Mayor for his third term at City Hall Wednesday afternoon.
He said there is a tendency for Central government to suppress efforts of elected leaders to serve their people simply because they subscribe to the opposition.
In the previous election, members of the opposition were voted overwhelmingly into positions at KCCA.
Out of the 54 councilors, 44 are from the opposition, one independent and nine from the ruling National Resistance Movement- NRM party.
Lukwago asked central government and specifically President Museveni to respect the will of the people and hence respect and work with the political leadership at KCCA without bias.
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Lukwago, a member of Forum for Democratic Change-FDC, has only three councilors from his party. But the City Lord Mayor says all councilors are colleagues and hopes they shall respect each other and stick to their mandate.
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