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Full house here at the Victoria Ballroom. 600 delegates from 45 countries deliberate on how to #UrbaniseAfrica pic.twitter.com/C9D6VvZsGZ
— KCCA (@KCCAUG) May 24, 2016
Experts in urbanisation have called on African countries to invest in planning if they are to have efficient cities that work for their people.
“If a City is built right, it raises the income of ordinary people,” said Prof Sir Paul Collier as the East and Central African Cities Development Forum started in Kampala, Uganda on Tuesday. Prof Collier is Director International Growth Center.
“African cities ought to adopt smart low carbon emission strategies to fight climate change. Climate change plays part in the liveability of people,” added Sophie Makame, French Ambassador to Uganda.
National Plan Authority, Executive Director Joseph Muvawala added that besides a planning system that is participatory. “In addition to having a planning system that is participatory, let’s build Cities that are inclusive; it’s those who live in the City that determine the political economy of the City,” he told the delegates from 45 cities.
KCCA Executive Director, Jennifer Musisi welcomed local and regional delegates to the forum at Speke Resort Munyonyo and was delighted that discussions would yield into solutions to the people’s challenges
The three day forum concludes on Thursday.
LIVE SOCIAL MEDIA FEED from ongoing forum
Continues today: #UrbaniseAfrica – Victoria Ball Room. Get Day 2 program line up at: https://t.co/Vt7Zo7ByLh pic.twitter.com/oW1Nacy78V
— KCCA (@KCCAUG) May 25, 2016
