SPECIAL FEATURE | Hafitha Issa & Christopher Kisekka- URN | When walking through the main intersections of Kampala central business district, you will always encounter children in tattered clothes begging for money from pedestrians and motorists. “Mpayo ekikumi”. This is loosely translated as ‘give me Shillings 100’ is a common …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) are angry with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) leaders over returning Shs13 billion meant for recruitment of health workers to the Consolidated Fund. Committee Chairperson, Joel Ssenyonyi said there is a shortage …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts – Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has put Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)’s technical team to task over delayed payment of causal workers who have gone for months without pay. Led by KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, the technical …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA division speakers have been remanded to Luzira prison for staging unlawful assembly. The speakers; Charles Lwanga Lubya of Makindye division, and Justus Akampulirwa of Kawempe division, were arrested on Monday from Parliament where they had gone to petition the Speaker …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) threatened to close and revoke trading licenses of bars, entertainment venues and places of worship which have “defiantly” continue to emit noise beyond the permissible levels in the city. In a statement, the authority said it has noted with concern …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dorothy Kisaka, the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is under pressure from the political wing to take the contracts for the implementation of civil works under the Kampala City Roads Rehabilitation Project-KCRRP worth Shillings 1.06 trillion. The government secured the money as a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on National Economy has expressed displeasure with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)’s utilization of the US$175 World Bank loan saying the quality of works does not correlate with the value of money. MPs on the committee said that despite the funding, the works especially …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority Council has summoned the KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, to explain how the technical team apportioned the 1.06 trillion Shillings meant for road construction. The African Development Bank extended a USD 288 billion loan facility, to construct roads and drainage systems …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) rescued over 150 children from various streets of Kampala. The operation was carried out by the KCCA law enforcement team and the Uganda Police. During the operation, a total of 13 suspected child traffickers were also arrested, and these will be …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 150 children have been rescued from the streets of Kampala following a city-wide rescue operation conducted by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) law enforcement team and the Uganda Police on Wednesday. The children mostly from Karamoja were picked from various parts of …
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