Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has commenced investigations into the property valuation exercise for Kawempe Division. On Monday, Lukwago held a closed-door meeting with a team from the valuation office and leaders from Kawempe division. Earlier this month, council leaders in Kawempe and residents …
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Why experts now want KCCA to cope with, not fight rain Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For hundreds of thousands of Kampala residents, the onset of the rain season these days means suffering, losing property and even lives and this year’s rainy season has not been any different. There …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have faulted Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) for failing to create a Metropolitan Police Force nine years after a law came into force. In their report, the MPs sitting on the committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) say …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors down town Kampala are complaining of high operating market fees charged by Kampala Capital City Authority. The vendors operate on Luwum, Burton, Dastur and Namirembe streets every Sunday. The streets are closed to motorists to allow the vendors to display their merchandise as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA is to start rehabilitating 46.7 km of roads in the city at an estimated USD 173 million (about UGX 646 billion provided by the African Development Bank. Procurement for the road works is expected to start in September this year. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala streets are still teaming with children, despite recent efforts by the Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry to evict them. Small groups of children still brave the cold and drizzle to beg on the streets of Kampala. Children of all ages can be seen …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA plans to introduce phone applications for taxi operators in a bid to decongest the city. According to the Authority, once the app is introduced, taxis will only show up at stages and parks to pick up passengers once called. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA needs sh777 billion to control floods in the city. The KCCA Acting Executive Director Engineer Andrew Kitaaka says that despite having a drainage master plan, the authority does not have money to carry out construction works for three main channels of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuba Tukole Hawkers and Vendors Association have petitioned the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga over mistreatment by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA enforcement officers. The association spokesman, Emmanuel Tebajjuka and the system strategic officer, Uwiweze Kalera told Kadaga on Monday that the officers harass, torture, injure hawkers and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has filed a notice of appeal against the 47 million shillings taxation bill filed by former Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority, Jennifer Ssemakula Musisi. Lukwago through his lawyer Nathan Mpenjje seeks to challenge the June 7th, 2019 …
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