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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly elected Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, Zahara Luyirika has expressed dismay over the low budget allocations to the authority during the budgeting process. Speaking at City Hall after taking oath as KCCA speaker, Luyirika said it’s a disgrace that while the city …

✳ Zahara Luyirika – 43 ✳ Namusisi Shamim – 8 ✳ Invalid votes – 1 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zahara Luyirika, the National Unity Platform Party-NUP candidate has been elected Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Ayo Miriam Okello declared Luyirika, the Woman Councillor …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Councillors Zahara Luyirika from the National Unity Platform Party-NUP and Shamim Awal Namusisi from the National Resistance Movement-NRM have been nominated for the position of speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. The position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker was introduced during the Amendment of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA is reviewing stages for taxis to operate in the newly renovated Old Taxi Park. Last week, KCCA released a route chart to be followed by taxi operators who were scheduled to return to the Old Taxi Park on on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Unity Platform-NUP will next week conduct primaries for the position of Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. The Speaker, a position introduced in the KCCA amendment of 2019 is elected by the councillors to preside over council sittings, pass authority budgets and conduct an …

Laba!  Street Art festival was an idea conceived by a group of artists to link the public to art. At the art studios and galleries, few locals were coming to interact and buy art hence, the alternative to this void was to extend art to them by way of creating …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has granted a request by taxi operators to pay road user fees every quarter. Last year, the cabinet made a resolution reinstating the charges that President Museveni had suspended in 2017 after taxi operators complained of exorbitant charges. They were paying 120,000 Shillings every …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has issued a route chart for taxis to operate in the newly renovated Old Taxi Park. The chart given to taxi operators during a closed door meeting with Authority officials has a total of 27 stages whose taxis ply the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have backed the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises’ (COSASE) recommendation to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to recover the 10 per cent contributions that were remitted to National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for its pensionable staff. The committee report presented by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Physical Planning Board has asked Watoto Church to follow guidance from Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to preserve some historical aspects of the church formerly known as Norman Gordinho Cinema. In October 2019, Watoto Church Limited through Symbion Uganda Limited, a multinational architectural firm submitted …