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Truth about Kiteezi will come out, says Luyimbazi

The now sacked deputy executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Mr David Luyimbazi, has denied claims that as top leaders they slept on the job and are to blame for the Kiteezi dumpsite disaster.

Mr Luyimbazi, who President Museveni sacked alongside KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, and Public Health Director Daniel Okello, told reporters at City Hall yesterday that the management was aware of the crisis at Kiteezi landfill but could not do anything because of lack of finances.

Mr Luyimbazi also said the July 2 warnings over Kiteezi by Dr Okello were too late for them to avert the situation.

“We did everything in our power to make sure that things don’t happen that way but as fate had it, somebody had to pay the price and we are the ones. To decommission Kiteezi, you needed resources, to stop dumping there, you need resources [and] to find a new dumping site you need resources. All those three factors were unavailable,” he said.

President Museveni dismissed the trio after findings by the Inspector General of Government pinned them on negligence that led to the collapse of the landfill. The August 10 catastrophe that buried houses, roads and fields, killed 35 people, injured 18 and as well destroyed properties worth millions.