| Govt decision on city political � Ssebaana |
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DISPLEASED: Ssebaana at a council meeting on Friday |
By Josephine Maseruka
The mayor of Kampala, John Ssebaana Kizito, has referred to the Cabinet decision of not including Kampala in Buganda kingdom as �political semantics.�
Addressing a press conference at Bulange on Monday, Ssebaana wondered �why Cabinet can think Ugandans are blind.�
�We all know Kampala is in Buganda. We are under the Kaggo (traditional sazza chief of Kyaddondo county). I call that political semantics,� he said.
Cabinet on Thursday rejected the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) recommendation on Kampala.
The CRC had observed, �Logically, Kampala as a district located in Buganda, should fall within the districts that are in Buganda and we have no hesitation in so recommending.�
�The first schedule of the Constitution should be amended to include Kampala in the districts which are of Buganda,� it said.
The Mengo government said the CRC recommendation on Kampala was a success for Buganda.
Ssebaana also regretted that the Government gives sh21b to the council in grants, which money is leased on specified programmes.
Published on: Tuesday, 13th July, 2004 |
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