Tag Archives: KAMPALA

 Kampala city vendors vow to defy minister. Should we support them in fight against politicians, traders? Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) councilors meeting at City Hall on Oct. 24 resolved to allow evening hawker markets on some city streets. The move was a triumph for embattled city Lord Mayor and …

Uganda: Director Health Service Delivery Kampala, Uganda International Rescue Committee Closing Date : 2016-12-03 Duty Station : Kampala, Uganda Organization: International Rescue Committee Country: Uganda Closing date: 03 Dec 2016 Application: Apply for the job Share on: WhatsApp

Kampala Biennale makes bold moves: But how smart was throwing out painting and favouring installations and performance? Under the simmering mid-morning heat of Friday Sept.2, the Uganda Museum was transformed into a scene of wacky spectacle that left many observers utterly lost in translation. A man of Asian origin had …

VIDEO: KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi has this afternoon paid a courtesy visit to NBS television, and applauding the television for successfully seeing through the just concluded 5th annual Kampala city festival.  Musisi lauded the television saying NBS association with the event, made this year’s festival bigger than any other held. …

PICTORIAL: Another Kampala City Festival, another year to remember!  Kampala Capital City Authority on  Sunday pulled off another great show as Kampalans, in record numbers, celebrated  their culture, innovation, unity and social life. Today confirmed the Kampala show as the biggest street party in East Africa. As KCCA said pre-event, “With Kampala in a constant …

PICTORIAL: Kampala Capital City Authority Sunday hosts a fifth Kampala City Festival, considered the biggest street party in East Africa, as the city and country celebrate  their culture, innovation, unity and social life. To spice the annual event are the Kampala City festival rally, that on Saturday set the stage for the festival, cycling and …

Seven Somali nationals accused of aiding and abetting the Al-Shabab to carry out a second bomb attack on Kampala, have on Friday, re-applied for bail before the International Crimes Division court They cited their long stay on remand in Luzira Prison, two years without appearing before a judge. They also claim that their health condition needs …

COMMENT: By Peter Nyanzi National Theater – In many other countries, galleries, theaters, museums are supported as tourist attractions Sections of the population and more so the artistes have been angered by reports that the government is planning to give away to investors part of the land on which the …

VIDEO: Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago – Minister Beti Kamya will never be my boss. She’s my supervisor, she’s not my boss, no! My boss are the many peoplewho elected me, not Beti Kamya. She’s a supervisor.   Share on: WhatsApp

This article appeared on NEXT CITY July 26, 2016 titled  How One African City Is Flipping the Script on Urban Development From Wall Street to the World Bank, people are looking at Kampala as a model for how cities can finance their futures, writes Liam Taylor Joseph Aliguma is perched …