🔺9 frontline health workers from Kampala 🔺1 contact from Buvuma 🔺15 contacts from Kyotera 🔺2 contacts from Mayuge 🔺1 contact from Pader 🔺8 contacts from Yumbe 🔺11 foreigners from earlier collected samples tested positive for COVID-19 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Ministry of Health has today …
Read More »Eight stranded in Usafi Park after giving birth during lockdown
maternity Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight women who gave birth during the period when Uganda was in lockdown, are stranded at Usafi Taxi Park. The women gave birth on different dates between March 28 and June 2, this year. During the time, there was no public …
Read More »CURFEW: Security deployed in Kampala to protect stranded passengers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Joint security task force team has resolved to deploy in both the taxi and bus parks to protect dozens of stranded passengers. With a few taxis and buses authorised to return to the road after securing route charts, dozens of passengers were forced …
Read More »All set for Clock Tower to be demolished
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is set to start work on the construction of a circular pedestrian bridge and a New Clock Tower Square – part of the Kampala Flyover project. This will involve the demolition of the existing Clock Tower by the project contractor Shimizu—Konoike …
Read More »Improved air quality: The fortuitous value of Kampala’s COVID-19 lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pollution levels in plummeted in Kampala over the last two months resulting in an improvement in air quality. According to previous air quality indexes, Kampala had a high concentration of tinny air particles small enough to invade even the smallest airways and the air …
Read More »Inside Kampala’s public transport politics
Phasing out 14-seater taxis, boda bodas in the city is welcome but needs time to implement Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Those who drive or commute in Kampala City can attest that a lot has changed over the past decades. Public transport service has become busy and messy. Passengers …
Read More »LIVE: 14th Presidential Address on COVID-19
NEW MEASURES ✳ 1. Shops selling general merchandize will open provided they are not in the shopping malls, shopping arcades and food markets. ✳ 2. The heroic market women that have slept in the work places for all these days, will be allowed to go home and come back to work daily …
Read More »Kampala MPs oppose taxi, boda boda post-COVID guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from Kampala district have criticized the proposed public transport guidelines to be implemented after the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. These accuse the Minister in Charge of Kampala Betty Amongi of coming up with the guidelines without the necessary consultations with city leaders …
Read More »Rebuilding Old Taxi Park starts May 9th
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have contracted Stirling Civil Engineering Ltd and Kiru General Services Ltd to rebuild the Old taxi park. Work starts Saturday May 9 and will run for three months. Extensive work on the transport terminal used by …
Read More »Traffic jam back as Uganda eases lockdwon
Uganda slowly begins easing virus restrictions Kampala, Uganda | AFP | The capital Kampala appeared more lively than it has in recent weeks as food markets, wholesale shops, garages, workshops, law firms and hardware shops were allowed to re-open Tuesday. One or two long stretches of traffic jams were reported on …
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