Kampala Capital City Act (No. 1 of 2011).

Country/Territory: Uganda
Document type: Legislation
Date: 2011
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Acts Supplement to The Uganda Gazette No. 2 of 14 January, 2011.
Long title: An Act to provide, in accordance with article 5 of the Constitution, for Kampala as the capital city of Uganda; to provide for the administration of Kampala by the Central Government; to provide for the territorial boundary of Kampala; to provide for the development of Kampala Capital City; to establish the Kampala Capital City Authority as the governing body of the city; to provide for the composition and election of members of the Authority; to provide for the removal of members from the Authority; to provide for the functions and powers of the Authority; to provide for the election and removal of the Lord Mayor and the Deputy Lord Mayor; to provide for the appointment, powers and functions of an executive director and deputy executive director of the Authority; to provide for lower urban councils under the Authority; to provide for the devolution by the Authority of functions and services; to provide for a Metropolitan Physical Planning Authority for Kampala and the adjacent districts; to provide for the power of the Minister to veto decisions of the Authority in certain circumstances and for related matters.

Subject: Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil, Water
Keyword: Agricultural development Institution Governance Land-use planning Policy/planning Gender Water supply
Geographical area: Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries

Abstract: This Act provides administration arrangements for the city of Kampala and provides with respect to its development, physical planning. It establishes the Capital City Authority and the Metropolitan Physical Planning Authority. The Minister may, in consultation with the Authority and with the approval of Cabinet, establish divisions within the Capital City and alter the boundaries of those divisions. The Capital City shall have the lower urban councils under the Authority: (a) Division urban councils; (b) ward urban councils; and (c) village urban councils. There shall also exist under the Authority, street committees. The Ministries responsible for health and environment shall oversee the public health and environment matters respectively in the Capital City. The Authority shall be responsible for water supplies outside the jurisdiction of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation. The Metropolitan Physical Planning Authority shall ensure that land use in the City and the metropolitan area follow designated plans, irrespective of the tenure of land and shall prepare comprehensive and integrated development plans incorporating the plans of the lower urban councils.
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