Entebbe MP bashes Katabi Mayor over Nkumba dumpsite

The Entebbe Municipality Legislator Hon. Micheal Kakembo Mbwatekamwa has bashed the Katabi Town Council Mayor Ronald Kalema Basamulekele over signing an illegal Memorandum of Understanding with  officials of Kampala Capital City Authority by allowing them to dump garbage at Nkumba Dumpsite following  Kiteezi landfill tragedy that left many people dead and others still missing.  

The angry legislator says it’s very clear the Nkumba dumpsite which is approximately 14acres belongs to Entebbe Municipal council not Katabi Town Council where Kalema is the mayor.

Hon. Kakembo expressed  his anger while councilors and members of Entebbe Municipal Development Forum  during a meeting held in the Council Boardroom. He said mayor Kalema went beyond his limit when he unscrupulously signed a memorandum of Understanding with Kampala Lord mayor Elias Lukwago to allow KCCA garbage trucks dump garbage at Nkumba dumpsite, a garbage site that was bought by Entebbe Municipal council way back in 1998.

Hon. Kakembo says the dirty deal exposed the level of dishonest mayor Kalema is, in addition to exposing his greed and thirst for money.

“It’s really a big shame for a full mayor to engage in dirty deals yet he knew very that Nkumba dumpsite belongs to Entebbe Municipal council but because he wanted something to put in his pocket he decided to authorize KCCA to dump garbage at the Entebbe municipal council’s gazetted garbage dumpsite in Nkumba zone , Wakiso district.

“I suspect he might have recieved something relatively big but he will have to cough it up because for us we don’t recognize his agreement he signed with Kampala Lord Mayor to allow KCCA to dump garbage at Nkumba dumpsite.

“It’s indeed an insult for mayor Kalema to go beyond his territory and attempt to usurp our power because of his insatiable appetite for quick money. He should know Entebbe Municipality deserves better.”

Hon. Kakembo said mayor Kalema has been given a week to apologize to council over  his involvement in a dirty deal in addition to making public apology in different media outlets and social media platforms and failure to comply he would face it rough.

The Entebbe Deputy Mayor, Charles Kabwama described Mayor Kalema’s actions as total disrespect adding that he is a disgrace to voters who elected him and warned voters to be careful when voting leaders in positions of responsibility.

Meanwhile, several KCAA trucks are stuck and are in a cue from Nkumba University to Nkumba dumpsite after Entebbe Municipal council halted dumping garbage at the disputed site.