Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will this Friday start an exercise to clear road reserves in the Kampala Metropolitan area. UNRA said in a statement, that the exercise follows a sustained period of engagement with the affected persons and will start with Kampala—Entebbe …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Rwanda’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe will lead a high level delegation to Uganda today for a second meeting to discuss the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in Angola in August. This second meeting that aims at easing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acting Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority Engineer Andrew Kitaka has said plans are underway to fully rehabilitate more than 65km of the city’s roads because it’s no longer economical to maintain them under their age. Eng. Kitaka on Wednesday toured a couple of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several roads in the central business district have been closed ahead of the anti-corruption walk that President Yoweri Museveni will lead today. The walk is aimed at intensifying the fight against corruption. The walk will start from the Constitutional Square to Kololo Ceremonial …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven people identifying themselves as tax payers and concerned citizens have written to the Acting Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, Andrew Kitaka to vacate office citing the expiry of his tenure. They are Dan Lubowa Sserunjogi, Angel Lubowa, Richard Kiiza, Hakim Ssemakula, Asadu …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Meteorological Authority-UNMA has warned of unusually heavy rainfall over the next five days. The authority attributes the anticipated rains and recent downpours to the moist winds blowing from Indian Ocean and Congo forests. Recent rains have caused flooding, killed people and …
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✳ All Taxis plying Entebbe road shall be moved from Old Taxi Park to Usafi Park ✳ Vehicles currently operating on the streets around the park will be moved into the park ✳ Traffic flow along Ben Kiwanuka Street shall be one way. All on-street parking shall be suspended Kampala, Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Veteran Ugandan journalist, publisher and analyst Charles Onyango-Obbo has explained why the world will not just sit back and watch as resource-rich Africa does nothing productive with its assets. Quoting former Ugandan politician Eriya Kategaya, in what Obbo described as the ‘Kategaya doctrine’, and his …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has announced water supply interruptions in some parts of Kampala on Tuesday 15th October, 2019 from 7am to 7pm. “This is to enable our engineers undertake routine maintenance works at Ggaba water treatment plant and other associated system …
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➡ $1bn project ➡ 95 kilometres ➡ 8 lanes Nakawa-Kyambogo ➡ 6 lanes Kyambogo-Mukono ➡ 4 lanes Mukono to Jinja Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from eastern Uganda have protested against a plan by government to fund the construction of Kampala -Jinja expressway through a Public …
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