What next as city’s busiest street goes car-less, gets recreation parks? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Luwum Street has been one of the busiest motorized sections of Kampala city for years. Located just a block off the city’s main access; Kampala-Jinja Road, and connecting to the city’s main international …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has said that building of the Kampala-Jinja Expressway remains a key government priority and is on agenda for the upcoming cabinet meeting scheduled for Monday 24 February 2020. Rugunda reassured Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga who raised the …
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Rubaga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has issued a decree to guide in the proper celebration of Eucharist, as well as introducing work contracts for Priests, in new sweeping changes. The Director Social Communications Department of Kampala Archdiocese Fr Joseph Mukasa Nkeera, has since …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A two months’ mental assessment exercise for police officers in Kampala Metropolitan has ended. The exercise that started with police officers at the Fire and Emergency Rescue directorate has been concluded with detectives at Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID headquarters at Kibuli. In the eight weeks …
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How the president’s intervention to halt the procurement of Kampala-Jinja expressway is a disaster THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week, I had a meeting in Mukono, a town only 20km east of Kampala. The meeting was scheduled for 2pm. Knowing the heavy traffic on Jinja …
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How NRM politics have made Kampala a dysfunctional city and what cannot be done about it THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | As we enter 2020, Kampala has become a dysfunctional city. The heavy rains of 2019 have left most of the roads in a horrible state …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As thousands of Christians around Kampala ushered 2020, the year expected to be filled with political happenings for Uganda, prominent preachers around Kampala steered clear of the subject. Instead, they sold 2020 as a year free of poverty, happy marriages for the unmarried and …
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Engineers Blame Masaka Road Defects to Poor Construction, Delayed Maintenance Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Engineers have pointed to poor construction and delayed maintenance as the likely causes of the defects being experienced on Masaka-Kampala highway barely six years after its reconstruction. The road caved in at Lwera …
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■ Kampala Strategic Plan ■ Kampala Street Lighting Master Plan ■ Kampala Drainage Master plan ■ Affordable and reliable workspaces in the City. ■ Paving of Roads ■ Solid Waste Management and recycling ■ Ordinances ■ Infrastructure Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lord Mayor of Kampala Erias Lukwago …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is negotiating with the French Development Agency (AFD) for shillings 3 billion (800.000 Euros) to implement the Kampala street lighting master plan project. In his end of year message, the Kampala City Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, says with this funding KCCA …
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