KCCA acting director Eng. Andrew Kitaka has noted that Kampala Capital City Authority has made remarkable achievements in various sectors of physical planning, transport and road infrastructure, education sector, revenue collection and gender production, community services sector since its formation eight years ago.
While addressing journalists at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Tuesday, Kitaka revealed that Kampala Capital City Authority carried out a major institutional reform to strengthen service delivery and attracted high skilled personnel to plan and execute the city development.
He said KCCA opened several health centres including Bukoto, Kawaala, Kisugu among others which have improved the health services in terms of child immunization, tuberculosis treatment, maternity among others.
“KCCA has recorded a very high rate of child immunization is about 100%, actually we have measured it at 146% because these include the refugee population in Kampala, and this is clearly above the national target,” he said.
He stated that Kampala is now in category one of the World Health Organisation standard and Kampala was recognized as the most improved district in TB treatment.
He also added that over 210km of roads have been upgraded and over 500km of gravel roads maintained while 48 roads are under construction.
“KCCA has also been able to reconfigure and reinstall responsive traffic signals at 21 locations and these include Nakawa, Nateete, Wandegeya, Fairway, Bwaise, Kira road, Kololo airstrip, Katikati among others,” he said.
He said all those roads have junctions fitted with new traffic signals.