By Mulengera Reporters
Kampala Minister Minsa Kabanda has completed investigations into Hajji Hassan Bulwadda’s proposed UGX400 billion City Square project and a separate plan for Nakivubo Settlement Primary School land, with the findings set to go to President Yoweri Museveni for a decision on the way forward.
The development brings Bulwadda’s ambitious City Square proposal a step closer to a decisive government determination, with the local investor seeking to transform one of Kampala’s most prominent public spaces into a major commercial and tourism destination.
His proposal envisages thousands of shops, a 250-room hotel, extensive parking and landscaped public spaces, including greenery and water features. Bulwadda argues that the project could turn City Square into a recognizable Kampala landmark, attracting visitors from across the world, while generating commercial activity and business opportunities for the people of Uganda.
According to earlier reporting, Kabanda said the committee consulted institutions including the Ministry of Lands and the Solicitor General’s office, whose views were incorporated into the report for Museveni.
“We involved other ministries like Lands and the Solicitor General, and they have shared their thoughts with us in a report that is going to be delivered to the President,” she said.
Bulwadda has defended the City Square proposal as an investment intended to benefit ordinary Ugandans through commercial opportunities and facilities that support innovation.
“We are going to build a shopping centre and an innovation hub. Who is going to benefit from that? Ugandans,” he said.
The committee examined the City Square proposal alongside Bulwadda’s separate plan to establish the Bulwadda National Skilling Centre and Shopping Complex on the Nakivubo Settlement Primary School site. The proposed facility would combine vocational training with commercial activities aimed at creating opportunities for young people and women in communities around Kisenyi and Katwe.
Government officials have inspected the Nakivubo site, and plans have been discussed to relocate pupils to nearby Nakivubo Blue Primary School.
With the committee’s inquiry complete, attention now shifts to Museveni. The report does not itself amount to project approval, and the proposed City Square development remains subject to the President’s decision and any further required approvals. (For comments on this story, get back to us on 0705579994 [WhatsApp line], 0779411734 & 041 4674611 or email us at mulengeranews@gmail.com).
