Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority Council has resolved that the lord-mayor should witness and append his signature on all contracts awarded under the authority. This was among resolutions approved during the second special sitting to scrutinize the planned implementation of the 1.06 trillion Shillings Kampala City …
Read More »Kasese municipality never recognized homosexuals as minorities – Mayor
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kasese Municipality Mayor Chance Kahindo has disregarded information circulating on social media that his council passed a bylaw recognising homosexuals and transgender people as minority groups. Kasese municipal council early last year was engaged by a Human Rights Awareness Promotion Forum-HRAPF, an NGO promoting …
Read More »Mbale’s first female Mayor Wesonga unhappy city has lost glory
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale’s first female mayor, Canon Janet Wesonga has spoken out against the omnipresent stench of rotting garbage in the city’s cente. She served as Mayor of Mbale between 1967 to 1971. In retirement at her country home in Bumaskiye, Janet Wesonga says she gets …
Read More »Former Gulu City Mayor fails to hand over
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Gulu City Mayor George Labeja is yet to hand over office to his successor, ten days after he was sworn in. The new Gulu City Mayor Alfred Okwonga and councilors swore in on May 18th, 2021. Okwonga immediately received the instruments …
Read More »KCCA Amendment Bill 2015 returns to parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A bill to amend the Kampala Capital City Act, 2010 to provide for the Lord Mayor to be elected by the council from councilors, returns to the house today for its second and third reading today. The bill also aims to clarify the …
Read More »Gunmen kill mayor in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | AFP | A mayor in northern Burkina Faso has been shot dead by “unidentified armed individuals” in a zone bordering Mali repeatedly targeted by jihadists, security sources told AFP on Monday. Hamidou Koundaba, the mayor of the Koutougou department in Soum province, was “coldly killed” when …
Read More »Kampala Lord Mayor sues Minister Betty Kamya for interfering in his work
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago has dragged the Minister for Kampala Betty Olive Namisango Kamya Turomwe to High Court accusing her of interfering with his executive by illegally passing-off as the political head of the city whereas she is not. Lukwago claims his mandate to serve …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Lord Mayor cancels council meetings
THIS WEEK: Lord Mayor cancels council meetings Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala city Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago on Feb.05 suspended all council meetings until a work plan for the Kampala City Council Authority is developed. Speaking to journalists, Lukwago said the technical team had resolved to boycott council …
Read More »Mayor murdered in Mexico’s violent Veracruz state
Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | AFP | A municipal mayor in Mexico’s violent eastern state of Veracruz was killed Friday, local authorities said, just four days after a mayor-elect was murdered in the same state. Victor Manuel Espinoza — mayor of Ixhuatlan de Madero, located some 270 kilometers (168 miles) northeast of …
Read More »DP President Emeritus Ssebaana Kizito is dead at 83
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER| Former Democratic Party (DP) President John Ssebaana Kizito is dead. He was born in 1934. Ssebaana, also a former Uganda cabinet minister, Mayor of Kampala and a leading businessman, died at Nakasero Hospital on Monday. “Rest in Peace President Emeritus Dr. John Ssebaana Kizito. …
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