Tag Archives: KAMPALA

By Flavia Nassaka On March 10, just days after winning a resounding re-election to his job as Lord Mayor of Kampala city, Erias Lukwago showed why if something fundamental needs to change at White Hall, it will not be coming from him. It all started after KCCA signaled that the …

Kampala City traders, vendors face off again over sprawling street ‘markets’ If the hordes of vendors that have flooded the streets of Kampala once again are to have a wish, it will be that the election period gets even longer. In the wake of the Presidential elections over the last …

Following the tabling of a number of amendments in the KCCA act in Parliament, Electoral Commission announced that it could not go on with Kampala Mayoral nominations until official guidance was given by the Minister of Kampala. However, that has all changed and the Electoral Commission announced that the nominations …

By Haggai Matsiko and Joseph Were KCCA Executive Director explains her plans Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Jennifer Musisi’s current pet project is decongesting the city of motorised traffic.  As she explained to The Independent, part of that project involves some old strategies that her predecessors spoke about; …

By The Independent Team The leaders of five East African countries on Saturday afternoon signed a monetary union protocol kicking off plans to have a common currency for the block within 10 years. The move is expected to boost regional trade with in the EAC block which is expected to …

By Julius Businge This is the second straight month the Central Bank of Uganda is staying its policy interest rate, the central bank rate (CBR) unchanged at 12%, Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile told a news conference in Kampala on Nov. 4. The policy rate stood at 11% in August before …

By Haggai Matsiko Security introduces new tactics after Nairobi attack Ahmed Abdi Godane, the man believed to be the mastermind of the July 2010 Kampala bombing has been linked to the Sept.21 attack on a popular shopping mall in Kenya. The Kenyan attack is said to bear the radicalised fingerprint …

By Haggai Matsiko Apart from presidents Yoweri Museveni, Jakaya Kikwete, Paul Kagame and Joseph Kabila, also in attendance was South Sudan’s Salva Kiir, African Union Commissioner Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the UN Secretary General’s  Special Envoy to the Great Lakes region Mary Robinson, SADC Executive Secretary Stergomena Tax, and EAC Secretary General …

By Joseph Bossa Moving forward: the uneasy days ahead A number of factors have been blamed for the unplanned state of Kampala city. The first one as we saw is the historical proximity of kibuga, the Buganda kingdom capital at Mengo, and the colonial Kampala Municipality capital and the dual …

By Joseph Bossa A historical perspective shows need to build confidence and trust with firmness Kampala has not lived up the expectations of a capital city. There are people who argue that it is irredeemable and that Uganda should establish a new capital city somewhere else. Others assent that it …