Tag Archives: KCCA

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Human rights activists have demanded that Kampala Capital City Authority takes measures to tame the brutality of its law enforcement force and also compensate the family of the late Olivia Basemera who was pursued to death by the force Basemera, who was a vendor in …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Amelia Kyambadde has condemned the manner in which Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) enforcement officers handle street vendors especially women, saying such excessive force is uncalled for. This follows the death of a one Olivia Basemera last Friday …

VIDEO: Hawkers Should Leave Kampala Streets – Beti Kamya Kampala, Uganda |NBS TV| Kampala Capital City Authority under the Kampala Ministry is developing more markets within Kampala to accommodate street vendors so that they can leave the streets. Kampala State Minister, Benny Namugwanya says some markets like Wandegeya and USAFI still …

  Jolly Kaguhangire is the new executive director of the Uganda Investment Authority. She spoke to The Independent’s Isaac Khisa about the major reforms that await the agency. It is now a few months since you took over office as ED of UIA. What is your assessment of your performance …

THIS WEEK: Fresh amendments made in KCCA bill On July 27, the process of scrutinizing the Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) amendment bill 2015 started and fresh amendments introduced. Defending the bill, the state Minister for Kampala Benny Namugwanya said while some of the earlier proposed controversial clauses had been …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  Two Democratic Party (DP)  political activists have been granted bail by Buganda Road Court after spending a night in Luzira Prison on charges of holding an unlawful assembly. Hakeem Kiiza and Moses Mboowa aka Chief Mboowa were arrested in Kampala on Thursday for staging …

Mujib Kasule is a former footballer turned manager.  He was vice president of Uganda’s football governing body, the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) from 2012 to 2014. KAMPALA, UGANDA |AGNES E NANTABA| Even as a privileged child who was born into a wealthy family in Wandegeya, a Kampala city …

When poor peasants cry as the rich elite squabble KAMPALA, UGANDA |FLAVIA NASSAKA| Hussein Bbale is 46 years old, married with five children. But he lives in his mother’s house in Nyakabale village in Fort Portal town. This is unusual. So how did it happen? Nyakabale village is about 5kms …

Kampala, Uganda | KCCA FC MEDIA | Kampala Capital City Football Club (KCCA) and telecommunication giants MTN on Friday July 28th, 2017 entered a Sh1.290 billion partnership for the next three years. The treble winners from the 2016/2017 season KCCA FC and MTN unveiled a Sh430 million annual package to support the club’s football …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER |  Members of Parliament on the committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have disagreed with Kampala Capital City Authority on its call to amend the law exempting people residing in their properties within Kampala from paying property rates. The MPs led …