Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The clashes between street vendors and Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA law enforcement officers are far from over because of lack of funds to create well-gazetted working spaces. Since 2010, KCCA has only managed to construct Usafi market. Wandegeya market was constructed under the Local Government …
Read More »KCCA to start construction of second entry into Kasubi market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has finalized the process of acquiring land to construct another access road to the newly built Kasubi market. KCCA hasn’t operationalized the market since its completion in May 2020 on grounds that relocating vendors would attract crowds amidst the Covid-19 …
Read More »KCCA drafting law to preserve historical buildings from tasteless investors
Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Money cannot buy class, so the saying goes. But in Kampala, money can at least destroy the class. And that is the dilemma facing Kampala Capital City Authority as the current laws cannot deter the nouveaux riches (new millionaires as opposed to old money) …
Read More »KCCA council pays tribute to ‘Seya’ – A Man of all seasons
Kampala,, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the silence of the sunny Friday morning, the body of the former Kampala Mayor Alhajji Nasser Ntege Sebaggala entered the gates of City Hall, a place he knew as his office for several years. A black A-Plus limousine led by an ambulance and …
Read More »Kampala’s Dastur street to be renamed after Nasser Ssebaggala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA council has resolved to rename Dastur Street after former Mayor Al-Haj Nasser Ntege Sebaggala. The resolution was made during a special session called to pay tribute to the fallen politician, at City Hall, Kampala. Sebaggala passed on last …
Read More »KCCA drivers seek permanent contracts
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 …
Read More »KCCA launches UGX 7 trillions strategic plan
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 …
Read More »MPs furious as centenary park compensation holds flyover project
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, …
Read More »Kampala Lord Mayor launches campaign scorecard
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 …
Read More »KCCA contractor sued over negligence during road construction
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 …
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