Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council could not meet Tuesday after the Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka wrote to the Lord Mayor and Speaker indicating that the authority lacked the finances to facilitate the sitting. This forced the political leaders including KCCA Speaker of KCCA, Zahara Luyirika, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises-COSASE has faulted Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA for failing to remit the statutory deductions from staff amounting to 4.107 billion Shillings to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for the Financial Year 2021/2022. The committee members confirmed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Council on Thursday unanimously resolved to halt the issuance of contracts to casual workers for cleaning the city. The decision was reached in the KCCA council meeting chaired by Deputy Speaker Nasur Masaba on Tuesday following a resolution presented by the Lord …
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Invited contractors’ representatives present questionable IDs Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chaos engulfed a Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Council meeting at City Hall on Thursday after invited road construction contractors presented documents that couldn’t clearly identify them. Council Speaker Zahra Luyirika had invited contractors of the roads to be …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Council has unanimously resolved to halt the issuance of contracts to casual workers for cleaning the city. The decision was reached in the KCCA council meeting chaired by Deputy Speaker Nasur Masaba on Tuesday following a resolution presented by the Lord …
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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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