Following President Museveni’s recent re-assessment of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director (ED) Jenifer Musisi, I draw your attention to my advisory to the President to accept her resignation.
In her resignation letter she revealed her incompetence. In it she provided a catalogue of what she claims her achievements as the first ED of KCCA. A closer discourse analysis of what she has included in her letter as highlights of her achievements, moreover, indicates that she does not sufficiently understand the difference between output indicators versus impact indicators.
If you so wish to acquaint with a more detailed explanation of the difference between an output indicator and an impact indicator, please refer to my analysis titled: “Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) and the Ad hominem Fallacy”, in which I demonstrate how using output indicators to deduce impact is logically flawed.
In the case of OWC it is deduced that it is achieving enormous impact on the basis of the outputs related to distribution of inputs, which is erroneous.
Back to ED Musisi’s 21-page notice of resignation. From page 2 to 18 are contained a catalogue of outputs that have been achieved by KCCA during her term of office. On the basis of those outputs she deduces progress towards transforming Kampala.
This is not to say that Musisi does not need to report on the outputs that have been generated while she has been ED of KCCA. A notice of resignation is the wrong medium to report on outputs and for the purpose of using them to deduce impact.
Reporting of outputs should be accompanied with analyses, among others:
- Value-for-money
- Budget compliance
- Viability
- Achievement of planned results
- Achievement of planned overall goals for each project or work-package
It is on the basis of such analyses that impact (intended or not intended) can be deduced.
Instead, in her notice of resignation, Musisi includes content inappropriate and reveals her questionable character. She deliberately and strenuously credits politicians for her failure to forge efficient working relationships with the political wing of KCCA.
You will recall, of note, that at the beginning of her tenure the political wing of KCCA was dominated by councillors belonging to the ruling party.
The content in her notice of resignation is content that is normally expected to be included in a comprehensive handover report; and a report which should be subjected to verification, auditing, and approval by the relevant authorities, before it may be shared publicly, if at all, and in a summarised form which is sensitive to the global image of our capital city and our country.
Just because the president at the time overrated her and has now decided otherwise, does not mean she was a competent ED for KCCA.
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