How Hajjat Buzeki Beat Others To Be Named New KCCA Boss
By our Writer
KAMPALA
Hajjat Sharifah Buzeki has been appointed as the new Executive Director for Kampala Capital City Authority.
Before the president appointed her, she has been the Commissioner of Human Resource Management at the Ministry of Public Service.
She is the third woman to successfully hold the office substantively, following the first Executive Director, Jennifer Musisi, and her immediate predecessor, Dorothy Kisaka.
The President also appointed Benon Kigenyi as the new KCCA deputy executive director.
Deputy Presidential Press Secretary Faruk Kirunda confirmed the development on Thursday morning.
Ms Buzeki holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Management, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences all obtained from Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU).
She has also attended numerous skills-enhancing courses and obtained certificates in conflict management, leadership and change management, monitoring and evaluation, training of trainers and facilitation skills; among others.
Ms Buzeki was the only woman candidate on a shortlist released by the Public Service Commission (PSC) in November.
She beat Sydney Asubo, an expert in anti-financial crime and Gabriel Richard Atama, a former Chief Administrative Officer for Tororo District, to the position.
Others on the shortlist included Godfrey Kaima, Kigenyi, Swizin Mugyema, Godfrey Kisekka, Rogers Matte, and Emmy Ejuku, Grandfield Omonda, Ronald Kiberu, and Joses Kachetero.
PSC, which carried out the search for the new ED on the orders of the President, ignored seasoned administrators such as Robert Kabushenga over lack of a master’s degree, and Richard Byarugaba a former boss at NSSF.
Buzeki’s vast knowledge of public service and extensive education must have helped to turn tides amidst other factors.
The two positions fell vacant after the President sacked Ms Kisaka and her deputy David Luyimbazi over negligence related to the collapse of Kiteezi landfill that caused the death of more than 30 people in August 2024 and they are still battling related charges .
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