Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Councilors in Kampala have protested against Presidential directives on markets which they say undermine their efforts to legislate on management of markets and other matters in the city. The protest was staged during a council sitting called by the authority speaker Zahara Luyirika at City …
Read More »KCCA, ministry of health embark on Ebola sensitization ahead of christmas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Ministry of Health (MOH) have launched the Ebola sensitization campaign in markets, taxi parks, bus parks and Bodaboda stages ahead of Christmas festivities. These places attract a huge numbers of people moving from one place to another. The …
Read More »Presidential directive throws city markets into another phase of chaos
NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The clamor for the management of city markets is far from over given the contracting new directives from President, Yoweri Museveni. From directing that the markets are run by vendors and backtracking to instruct the City Authority to repossess the markets, Museveni’s directives have not …
Read More »Museveni reiterates directives on management of city markets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has for the second time in less than a month issued directives to guide the management of government owned city markets. According to a statement issued by State House on Thursday, the President met with the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, Kampala Ministers and …
Read More »KCCA moves to repossess Kiseka market land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has started the repossession of Kiseka market land amidst protests from vendors who leased it 11 years ago. Around 7:30am on Tuesday, a joint security team comprising heavily armed police and UPDF backed by plain-clothed men carrying sticks stormed Kiseka market …
Read More »KCCA intensifies measures against Ebola virus disease
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has intensified measures to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the city. Over the weekend, the Ministry of Health announced a rise in the number of infections within the city center. All these infections were contacts of previous Ebola victims who …
Read More »MTN Omondi Stadium to get floodlights
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The MTN Omondi stadium, home of Kampala Capital City Authority Football Club- KCCA FC, will have floodlights before end of this current season of the Star-Times Uganda Premier League. This is one of the key perks KCCA FC will get from their new principal shirt …
Read More »Boda boda riders question gov’t efforts to organize industry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Boda boda operators in Kampala have raised concern over the numerous government efforts to organize the industry, describing them as disorganized and uncoordinated. There have been several attempts to organize the boda boda operations by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. In February 2022, the State Minister for …
Read More »25 women jailed for stationing children on Kampala streets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City Hall Court has sentenced 25 women to seven weeks in jail for deploying children on different streets of Kampala to beg for money. The women many of whom appeared before the court with their children were arrested last month from different parts of the …
Read More »KCCA extends deadline for boda boda registration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has extended the deadline for registration of boda bodas, riders, and owners. Speaking on Thursday at the Uganda Media Center in Kampala, the KCCA Deputy Executive Director Eng. David Luyimbazi said that many people flocked to their registration centers at the …
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