Jennifer Musisi

"Our mandate was to transform the city and resuscitate it. *For the last so many decades, the city had degenerated in service delivery, in infrastructure, in basically every area because of poor administration."

"When the law was changed and the KCCA was created, it was done with the intention of addressing the challenges the city was facing."

"We came in to put Kampala back on its feet."

"We are also working on social issues, such as the welfare of the people in the city. We are looking at creating jobs for low-income families and we are looking at improving household nutrition through agriculture programs."

"We have been creating workspaces, building markets and creating jobs. We’ve set up an employment services bureau for the youth."

"Our target is to plant a million trees within the next five years."

"The idea is to make Kampala attractive, which it wasn’t before."

"It was more like a transit point for other parks of Uganda."

"We are working on making Kampala an attractive destination in and of itself for business, for tourists, and for people living and working in the city."

"We are already a role model."

"We have received a lot of interest from other municipalities in Uganda."

"Rural-urban migration is going to continue to be a challenge, as long as the other urban centers in the country are not providing similar opportunities."

"We hope that by government working with other agencies will be able to address this."

"The government is already looking at placing industries outside Kampala."

"The working population is attracted to these alternatives."

"A lot of countries and organizations are interested in what we’re doing."

"We have had the opportunity to address Kampala’s issues and highlight Kampala’s progress all over the world."

"It was scary, some of us were attacked, some of my staff were physically beaten up."

"It made me realize that if they're willing to put up a fight this big, that means what they're losing is also very big."

"That even gave us more determination and made us resolute to fight for the benefit of the citizens."

"When we're entrusted with leadership, we're entrusted with responsibility to make change where change needs to be made."

"I don’t know why Ugandans congratulate people on government jobs."

"It’s not a privilege. It’s a responsibility. I’m not one to celebrate appointments."

"would rather celebrate when I have finished my assignment well and people are appreciative of what I have done."

"I think it is a Baganda thing where people think “Ogudde mu bintu."

"That you are suddenly going to get rich."

"You lose money by being in public service."

"You lose business, you lose your social engagements."

"It’s a sacrifice because you don’t have time do something else."

"My take home is about Shs21m. That is after tax, so it cannot be 46m with taxes inclusive. Because people are so used to saying I get 46m, maybe someone should give it to me."