A group of Ugandan lawyers and civic activists have taken to the High Court to challenge what they describe as a dangerous, unconstitutional, and illegal encroachment on Kampala’s lifeline drainage system—the Nakivubo Channel. At the center of the dispute is businessman Hamis Kiggundu, aka Ham, whose company Ham Enterprises, is conducting construction works on the protected channel. The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) are accused of failing in their oversight roles, while the Attorney General has been sued as government’s chief legal representative. The plaintiffs, Naffi Kazinda and Samuel Oola, represented by F….
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