Tag Archives: KCCA

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Over 50 drivers working with Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA want the authority to award them long-term contracts. For more than ten years, the drivers been operating on four months renewable contract which they say makes their future uncertain. Their current contracts expire on 31st October …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has launched a five-year strategic plan. The Seven Trillion Shillings plan was launched today at City Hall by the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda. According to the plan, KCCA seeks to promote quality education through the renovation of school infrastructure which includes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Physical infrastructure committee of Parliament have resolved to meet the Solicitor General to resolve the controversies at Centenary Park which are holding the Kampala Flyover project. The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) on Wednesday told the committee that M/S Nalongo Estates, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has reiterated the need for inclusive development that caters for people with different social needs especially the urban poor and people with disabilities. Lukwago made the pronouncement before hundreds of supporters who gathered at his home in Wakaliga a suburb …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited CSCEC have been dragged to court for negligence during construction of Kulambiro ring road which allegedly caused damage to private property. The road is being constructed under the World Bank funded Kampala Institutional Infrastructure …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has given political contestants a 30 day’s ultimatum to remove posters and other forms of advertisements placed in unauthorized areas or else risk facing prosecution. Daniel NuweAbine, the acting KCCA spokesperson says once the ultimatum that started on Monday this week …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is saved from paying over 272 million shillings to test staff for COVID-19, thanks to free testing that will continue at city hall. With a staff population of about 1,133, the city authority would have to part with at least 272 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Road construction at John Babiiha avenue will be conducted day and night to enable the contractor to complete the work by December 2020. Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA awarded the contract for the construction of the road to China State Construction Engineering Company to conduct the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Committee of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has opposed a move by the government to start charging for COVID-19 tests. The Ministry of Health indicated last week that truck drivers, people in need of knowing their COVID-19 status, government and public organizations, Ugandans …

Fear rising of another lockdown  COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has reported the highest percentage increase in the new coronavirus disease (COVID 19) in Africa, according to the Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) released on Aug.26. It is the second …