Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has started investigations into cases of child trafficking. The KCCA Director for Gender, Production, and Community Services Godwin Gumisiriza says that there are more than 1,000 children on the streets who have turned to beg as a source of income. Gumisiriza says …
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The 2021 traffic police report shows that Boda-boda crashes contributed to nearly 50 per cent of deaths resulting from accidents Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has asked the Ministry of Works and Transport to halt the importation of motorcycles because ‘the city is choking.’ …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The demolition of St. Peter’s Ndeeba church building in Kampala followed the due process of law, the Anti-Corruption Court heard Wednesday from Anita Kusiima, the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA physical planning supervisor. Kusiima had appeared as a state witness to pin businessman Dodovico Mwanje for allegedly …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala City Executive Committee wants the ongoing boda boda registration and training suspended. Presenting a report before the KCCA Council on Wednesday, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago described the ongoing exercise as illegal. In April, the Ministry of Works and Transport, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has amended the Kampala Capital City Authority Act 2010 to allow the responsible minister to determine emoluments payable to the authority speaker and deputy speaker as well as their urban division counterparts. In an uncontested amendment, MPs empowered the Kampala Capital Authority Minister to, in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of boda boda riders in Kampala are still hesitant to register for training citing the high costs involved. In April this year, the Ministry of Works and Transport, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, and the Uganda Police Force partnered with the Uganda Driving Licencing Agency …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has commenced consultations on a draft ordinance intended to streamline the operations of public transport in Kampala. The objective of the KCCA Public Transport Management bill is to provide for the regulation of public transport including taxis, coasters, special hires, and …
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President Yoweri Museveni has once again said Ugandans need to shift to electric vehicles. COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | In a televised address on July 20, the President said shifting to electric vehicles is one of the long lasting solutions Uganda needs to adapt to cope with the current …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Division Civil Division has issued an interim injunction, restraining Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and the commissioner land registration in the Ministry of Lands, from proceeding with the re-entries on the Owino Market land including cancellations of the lease title certificates. In court …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only registered and trained boda boda riders shall be allowed to operate in Kampala, the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has revealed. Speaking at the launch of the registration exercise for boda boda riders at the Kira Road Police grounds in Kamwokya on Tuesday, Nabbanja urged …
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