Tag Archives: KCCA

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have tasked the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to decongest the Central Business District (CBD) by removing boda boda riders and reducing public service vehicles. In a meeting of the Committee on Physical Infrastructure, Tororo District Woman Member of Parliament, Sarah Opendi said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 80 kiosks have been removed off Kampala streets as part of the smart city campaign which is intended to decongest the city. Kiosks that were previously set up along Ben Kiwanuka street, Allen road, part of Burton street, the Old taxi park, Nkrumah road, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has embarked on an operation to evict mobile money kiosks from streets of Kampala. On Monday, KCCA removed kiosks from the Central Business District and the outskirts of Kampala in Ndeeba along Entebbe road. Isma Ssekamanya is one of the people whose …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has reignited demands for an increase in the annual budget allocated to Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to at least one per cent of the national budget. Uganda’s national budget for the current financial year is 44.7 trillion Shillings. Last year, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has asked Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA Council to expedite the process of putting in place the KCCA market ordinance. Speaking during the council sitting on Thursday at City Hall, Lukwago said that the conflicts in markets cannot be resolved …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Resident City Commissioner, Hud Hussein has distanced himself from “smart city”, one of the youth vigilante groups purportedly enforcing law and order in the city. The youths who often wear black T-Shirts and light green reflector jackets with the inscription “smart city”, have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA enforcement officers have this week intensifed operations to get vendors off the streets. The enforcement teams are being assisted by a group of youth donning reflector jackets with inscriptions, ‘Smart City’, that have however been accused of brutality by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has finally opened the newly renovated Old Taxi Park in Kampala, close to two years since it was closed for refurbishment. Uganda’s biggest taxi park, used by over 200,000 passengers daily, was closed for renovation shortly after the March 2020 national wide lockdown …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs an application in which the former Human Resource Officer at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Paul Kasulu was challenging the recruitment process of employees. The Civil Division Judge Esta Nambayo dismissed the application against KCCA …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Works and Transport Gen. Katumba Wamala has revealed that the Old Taxi park will reopen this week. Addressing journalists on Wednesday at the Media Centre, Katumba said that they have agreed with Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to hand over the park by …