Kampala Urban Study Training Program

June 1995 - May 1996

The Kampala Urban Study (KUS) Training Program was designed to train Kampala City Council (KCC) staff, urban stakeholders and Local Councillors at the District, Division and Parish level on the implications of the Kampala Structure Plan - 1994 (KSP) on their roles and responsibilities. Whereas previous structure plans for Kampala assumed that the KCC would be entirely responsible for implementing and enforcing the plan, the KSP emphasised the importance of community participation at various levels in the preparation and implementation of the plans.

Four Parish Structure Plans in conformity with the division and the Kampala Structure Plan 1994 were prepared and implemented primarily by the communities themselves with the facilitation of the Training Program. On the basis of the Parish Plans, the communities prioritised a number of action programs and selected one each for implementation through partnerships. Programs selected included the upgrade of a 3.1 kilometre stretch of secondary road, the installation of 12 water tap stands in different zones of the parish; the construction of two bridges over deep drainage gullies and the desiltation of a primary 2.5 km drainage channel. The implementation was done through partnerships established between the KCC division staff, the KUS Training Program and the Parish itself. Each community was required to contribute a minimum of 25% of the total cost of the Action Program in order to instil a sense of ownership of the project.

Several key players participated in the process of selection of the four pilot parishes which included consultations with the KCC Planning and Land Management Department, the Ministry of Land Housing, and Physical Planning and the Project Reference Group. The criteria for selection of the four parishes included: