The workshop inspired new ways in the process of art and exhibitions on the local at scene. Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The experimental project Atwork conceived from the itinerant workshop Visionary Africa- Art at Work that travelled from Tripoli to several African capitals including Ouagadougou, Addis Ababa, Cairo …
Read More »RCCs to continue with registration of boda bodas amid lawsuit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Resident City Commissioners have vowed to continue with the ongoing boda-boda registration despite a petition by the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago challenging the directive by the Minister for KCCA, prohibiting all unregistered boda bodas from operating in the Kampala Metropolitan Area. Anderson Burora, the …
Read More »KCCA executive petitions court over eviction of street vendors
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Executive Committee has petitioned the High Court to quash the ban on street vending and hawking on grounds that it is illegal and unreasonable. Led by the City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, the KCCA Executive Committee has filed its petition …
Read More »Shall the child protection ordinance solve the issue of children on the streets?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has finalized the process to operationalize the Child protection Ordinance, 2022. KCCA drafted and approved the ordinance in May 2019, but it spent a considerable amount of time in the Attorney General’s Chambers for perusal to ensure it is in …
Read More »Kampala central division property rate list extended for one year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA council has extended the tax list of property in Kampala central division for another one year. The tax list also known as property rate list, was set 5 years ago, and expired on 30th June as the country was entering another financial year. Property …
Read More »Boda bodas defy KCCA, return to non-motorised transport corridor
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Boda boda cyclists have returned to the Non-Motorized Transport corridor along Namirembe road, barely a month after they were evicted. Last month, KCCA evicted boda bodas off the street in an effort to de-congest the corridor and enforce its proper usage. More than 50 motorcycles …
Read More »KCCA launches crackdown on street vendors in Kawempe division
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has extended its operation to evict street vendors to Kawempe division. Hundreds of street vendors operating in areas of Bwaise, Kawempe stage, Kalerwe, Kyebando, and Mpererwe have been evicted off the streets by KCCA enforcement officers with the help of the …
Read More »KCCA to construct concrete barrier along Nile Avenue subway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) will construct a concrete barrier around the Nile Avenue Subway to prevent vehicles from plunging into the subway. This development comes a week after a taxi number UAW 987Y plunged into the Subway and killed two people instantly injuring …
Read More »KCCA launches a law aimed at protecting children from abuse
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) launched a new law that prohibits the exploitation of children. Known as the Kampala Capital City Child Protection Ordinance 2022, the law criminalizes children loitering in public places, begging or soliciting, vending or hawking and bans the sale …
Read More »Taxi owners petition KCCA over park user fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi owners in Kampala have petitioned Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA over the high park user fees. Over 20 taxi owners on Tuesday met the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago at City Hall. Last month, the owners petitioned Lukwago describing the fees as unfair. In 2020, the Minister …
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