{"id":33156,"date":"2018-02-12T13:10:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T13:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=33156"},"modified":"2018-02-12T13:10:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T13:10:07","slug":"lord-mayor-sues-minister-for-kampala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/lord-mayor-sues-minister-for-kampala\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Mayor sues Minister for Kampala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ruth Anderah.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago has dragged\u00a0 the Minister for Kampala Betty Kamya Turomwe to High court accusing her of interfering with his executive by illegally passing-off as\u00a0 the political head of the city whereas not.<\/p>\n<p>Lukwago\u00a0 claims his mandate to serve as the duly elected mayor of the city has been usurped by Kamya who even took a decision\u00a0 on the 23rd \/ January 2018\u00a0 to suspend council meetings where deliberations and decisons\u00a0 on how to govern the city are made .<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, Kamya\u00a0 stalled the council meetings on grounds that they\u00a0 are illegal and nolonger\u00a0 relevant to the city a decision that Lukwago describes as irrational and unreasonable .<\/p>\n<p>In his petition filed today , Lukwago now\u00a0\u00a0 seeks orders to\u00a0 quash\u00a0\u00a0 Kamya&#8217;s decision regarding the legality of Council meetings and another\u00a0\u00a0 decision that subjects\u00a0 all his travels as the Lord Mayor to a &#8220;ministerial permit.<\/p>\n<p>Lukwago further seeks orders to compel Kamya to put in place a metropolitan physical\u00a0 planning committee\u00a0 as required by the KCCA Act arguing that the absence of this\u00a0 committee negatively\u00a0 impacts him in the performance of his\u00a0\u00a0 execute\u00a0 duties of developing\u00a0 and strategizing\u00a0 for the city.<\/p>\n<p>Through his own\u00a0 law firm of Lukwago and company advocates, Lukwago contends that unless court intervenes and restrains Kamya from making such irrational decisions and passig-off as the Lord Mayor , the sovereignty of the people of Kampala will be put in jeopardy and\u00a0 hence forth affect\u00a0 the social contract he made with his voters in May 2016 .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ruth Anderah. Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago has dragged\u00a0 the Minister for Kampala Betty Kamya Turomwe to High court accusing her of interfering with his executive by illegally passing-off as\u00a0 the political head of the city whereas not. Lukwago\u00a0 claims his mandate to serve as the duly elected mayor of the city has been usurped by Kamya who even took a decision\u00a0 on the 23rd \/ January 2018\u00a0 to suspend council meetings where deliberations and decisons\u00a0 on how to govern the city are made . According to court documents, Kamya\u00a0 stalled the council meetings on grounds that they\u00a0 are illegal and nolonger\u00a0 relevant to the city a decision that Lukwago describes as irrational and unreasonable . 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