Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Engineer Andrew Kitaka has resigned from Kampala Capital City Authority, months after handing the office of the Executive Director. October 31, 2020, will mark the end of his nine-year journey which started on November 1, 2011. Kitaka was appointed KCCA acting Executive Director in December …
Read More »CONFIRMED: Dorothy Kisaka is new KCCA executive director
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has confirmed the appointment of lawyer Dorothy Kisaka as the new Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. This is according to a letter addressed to the Minister of Public Service Wilson Muruli Mukasa, by the chairman of the Public Service …
Read More »Kampala minister Extend Kitaka’s tenure
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Engineer Andrew Kitaka, the acting Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Executive Director will stay in office until the Public Service Ministry completes the process of recruiting a substantive ED. In her June 25th letter, the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs says they agreed with the …
Read More »KCCA leadership: Eng Andrew Kitaka bows out with a mixed score card
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The non-motorized stretch from Luwum street through the city centre to Namirembe road, is one of the new developments in Kampala. Even though he found it in the pipeline, this will probably be one of the projects that define the legacy of Engineer Andrew …
Read More »Profile: Who is Dorothy Kisaka
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Friday, President Museveni nominated Dorothy Kisaka for the position of Executive Director Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. In the letter to the Public Service Commission, Museveni directed the commission to interview Kisaka and find out whether she is suitable for the position. The other officials …
Read More »Renovation of queensway to cost over UGX2 Billion – Kitaka
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The on-going renovation works at the 0.9 km Queensway road that stretches from the Queens Tower to Kibuye round about will cost an estimated Shillings 2.4 billion. Abubaker Technical Services are undertaking the works on a retainer contract having been contracted at 31.5 billion Shillings …
Read More »Taxis, boda boda back June 4, KCCA issues strict guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All city taxis will be assigned specific routes as they resume their operations on June 4, 2020, the Minister for Kampala Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi has said. She told journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Thursday that they have designed routes for …
Read More »Taxis will come back to Kampala after lockdown- Amongi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi has disputed as untrue, suggestions that taxis will have to wait longer to return to Kampala after the lockdown is lifted. Amongi told journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala today that the document that …
Read More »Police deploys in old taxi park as renovations kick off
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy police deployment around old taxi park as Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA embarks on the renovation works. Police has deployed dozens of police officers and water cannons in the park to provide security to the workers of Sterling Civil Engineering Ltd and …
Read More »Public transport operators protest plans to regulate taxi, boda boda operations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public transport operators have protested the proposed guidelines for boda boda and taxi operations. According to the proposals issued by the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi, all taxis in Kampala will register with Kampala Capital City Authority, pay fees to the …
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