President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has nominated Kampala lawyer, Mrs Dorothy Kisaka as the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).
Kisaka will replace Eng. Andrew Mubiru Kitaka who has been in an acting role since 20th December 2018 when the former city Chief Executive, Mrs Jennifer Musisi resigned the job.
In a letter to Justice Ralph Ochan, the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, President Museveni directed that Mrs. Kisaka alongside three other city directors, be interviewed to fill various positions at the city authority.
“l am writing to request you to interview the following persons and find out whether they are suitable to man the indicated offices in Kampala City Authority,’ reads Museveni’s letter in part.
Eng. David Luyimbazi Saali has been selected to replace the KCCA Deputy Executive Director, a one Mr. Samuel Sserunkuma while Dr. Daniel Okello Ayen who has been KCCA’s Ag. Director for Public Health and Environment has been designated to become the substantive Director in the same role. Ms Sarah Kanyike has been designated to replace Harriet Mudondo as Director Gender and Community Services while and Ms. Grace Akullo an Assistant Commissioner, Human Resource Management at Public Service Commission has been nominated to take up the role of Human Resources and Administration.
Who is Dorothy Kisaka?
Dorothy is a Senior Governance Advisor to the Prime Minister of Uganda tasked with coordinating with political and non-political actors to implement public policy since December 2014. In that role, she is also the Deputy Head at the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit that is charged with fast tracking service delivery on government priorities.
She also has been serving on Government’s Covid-19 Response Fund Task Force as the Administrator.
Before that, between October 2010 and December 2014, she was a Commissioner at the NRM Electoral Commission and her role included supervising the ruling party’s elections. Between 1999 and 2014 she also run her own private law firm- Kiyimba-Kisaka & Co Advocates.
She graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelors of Law in 1987. She also holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and Management from Uganda Christian University, Mukono, as well as a second Master of Arts in Leading Innovation and Change from the York St. John University in the United Kingdom
Kisaka is a leadership mentor and pioneered a Leadership School under her Destiny Consult which trains leaders to serve with “excellence and integrity”, according to her profile.
She currently serves as Board Chairman for Development Associates International, and represents Africa on the Haggai International Board. She is a dynamic communicator, and a strong advocate for the placement of abandoned children in families.
Dorothy is married and lives in Kampala Uganda with her husband and children.
