Ssekandi’s Road Home: How a Former VP’s Legacy is Still Driving Kyanamukaka

What the report says

Watchdog Uganda reports that former Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi’s long political career is still shaping developments in Kyanamukaka, a rural area in Masaka District. The piece describes how the community is benefiting from ongoing road construction connecting places such as Sserinya, Baale, Bulegeya, Kamuzinda and Kanoni, after years of difficult travel during both dry and rainy seasons. Residents and local leaders say the upgrades are easing transport for farmers, traders, students and patients, and could help turn agricultural production into higher incomes.

The article links the infrastructure push to Ssekandi’s personal and political legacy. It notes his rise from the village to Parliament, the Speaker’s chair and later the Vice Presidency, and says his name remains influential in the area. Oscar Mutebi, Ssekandi’s grandson and close aide, is presented as part of that continuity, while also serving in the State House as a private secretary. Mutebi is quoted by the publisher as saying Kyanamukaka is widely recognized because of Ssekandi.

Kyanamukaka Town Council Mayor Zaina Nakidde welcomes the road work but says physical infrastructure should be matched by improvements in health services, education, sanitation and youth and women’s empowerment. Local voices in the article argue that better roads matter most when they help people reach markets and essential services. More broadly, the report frames the project as part of Kyanamukaka’s growth into a more active urban center in Greater Masaka.