When Hamis Kiggundu unveiled his ambitious plan to redevelop Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago was among the loudest critics. He raised endless objections, laced with politics rather than substance.
But in the end, Ugandans chose to ignore him. The project went ahead. Today, Nakivubo is a modern sports facility, creating jobs, attracting investment, and giving young people a platform to shine. The lesson? Development wins when we silence unnecessary noise.
Now, the same tired script is being replayed over the Nakivubo Channel upgrade. Kampala has suffered decades of flooding, deaths in trenches, and untold loss of property because of poor drainage. At last, a private developer has stepped forward to invest in cleaning up this lifeline of the city.
President Museveni himself gave the green light, noting the obvious truth: upgrading Nakivubo Channel is not about politics, it is about saving lives and transforming the city.
Yet again, Lukwago is raising objections—playing to the gallery instead of thinking about ordinary Kampala residents who are tired of wading through water and burying loved ones washed away by floods. This is politics at its worst: prioritizing personal ego and cheap populism over human life and city progress.
Ugandans must remember Nakivubo Stadium. The noise was loud, the opposition fierce, but the results silenced the critics. Today, families are proud to visit the facility, businesses are thriving around it, and the entire country benefits from a modern stadium in the heart of the city. If Kampala had listened to Lukwago, we would still be stuck in the past—lamenting, not celebrating.
The same applies now. Nakivubo Channel is not just another infrastructure project; it is about saving mothers, children, and breadwinners from needless death in trenches. It is about giving the capital city a drainage system that matches its status as the beating heart of Uganda’s economy.
Erias Lukwago should be ignored again. His politics of obstruction has no place in the urgent task of modernizing Kampala. The city deserves progress, not petty fights. Development is not about who shouts the loudest, it is about who delivers results.