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First, it claimed the scalp of Jennifer Musisi, who at the time seemed to be permanent furniture at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).

After, Erias Lukwago, the City Lord Mayor, went lyrical, singing his heart out after the exit of his biggest nemesis at the City Hall. When Ms Musisi was the KCCA executive director, the two were always at loggerheads.

Then came the short-lived Mr Andrew Kitaka whose acting term ended when President Museveni appointed Ms Dorothy Kisaka. Until her appointment, Ms Kisaka had been heading the Covid-19 response secretariat. After jumping onto the saddle at City Hall, she too would be scorched. After only three years.

Amidst all this, the voters in Kampala have kept Mr Lukwago at the City Hall, in a political role that is largely ceremonial. When the central government effectively set the technical and political wings against each other by creating an Authority in 2011, Kampalans were told it would address problems such as the landfill disaster at Kiteezi that eventually cost Ms Kisaka her job.

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