The Kiteezi Dilemma: Audit warnings, institutional reports and the perils of prosecutorial misuse

Bbeg Media6 days ago08 mins

The prosecution alleges that the Executive Director (ED) and Deputy Executive Director (DED) failed to act on critical warnings contained in internal audit and technical reports related to the Kiteezi Landfill (KLF). However, this line of argument fundamentally misrepresents the role of internal assurance functions, distorts administrative structures, and ignores both procedural norms and statutory…

Scapegoats of the State: How Uganda’s justice system is criminalizing reform to shield institutional failure

Bbeg Media1 week ago1 week ago04 mins

A quiet institutional tragedy is playing out in Uganda; one not of collapsed infrastructure but of collapsed justice. In the name of accountability, the State is now prosecuting its own reformers, targeting senior executives at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) for a national failure they neither authored nor controlled. The former deputy executive director and…

Kiteezi: Kisaka, Luyimbazi committed to High Court as DPP drops charges against Dr Okello

Our Reporter4 weeks ago4 weeks ago03 mins

Former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka and her Deputy, Edward Luyimbazi, have been committed to the High Court Criminal Division to face 91 charges related to the Kiteezi landfill collapse on August 10, 2024. The disaster, which killed at least 35 people and injured 23, has been described as one of…