Tag Archives: demolition

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has rejected a set of documents submitted as part of the evidence in the infamous Ndeeba church demolition case. The prosecution had presented Pamela Akora, the former acting supervisor of the technical review team at Kampala Capital City Authority, as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The demolition of St. Peter’s Ndeeba church building in Kampala followed the due process of law, the Anti-Corruption Court heard Wednesday from Anita Kusiima, the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA physical planning supervisor. Kusiima had appeared as a state witness to pin businessman Dodovico Mwanje for allegedly …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a bitter row between a section of vendors and Arua city authorities over the proposed demolition of the temporary Owino and Lobida food markets. The markets located along Lemerijoa and Idi Amin road in Central division, host more than one thousand vendors and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn criminal charges against 14 suspects implicated in the demolition of St Peter’s Church Ndeeba in Rubaga Division last year. The fourteen include a retired army officer, Muhammad Kawooya, Richard Kasule, Ali Mukwaya, Bashir Maruti, Muniru …

Cotonou, Benin | AFP |  The people watched in horror as the bulldozers moved in. Soon their meagre dwellings were reduced to rubble, becoming homes only to stray dogs that nosed through their belongings. The demolition of Xwlacodji, a district in Benin’s economic capital Cotonou, was carried out in the name …