Tag Archives: KCCA

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The relocation of street vendors to gazetted market places will start next week, Kabuye Ky’ofatogabye, the State Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs has said. Speaking at the celebrations to mark 20 years of Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), Kabuye said that the government …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Minsa Kabanda has set allowances for speakers and their deputies at City Hall and the five divisions of Kampala. Just like their predecessors who were never paid, these political leaders have not received any pay since assuming office …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are up to 100,000 undocumented refugees in Kampala city, the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has revealed. He was launching a report by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), on rural-urban migration. According to Lukwago, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA discovered the huge number of undocumented refugees while …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Godfrey Mukalazi, a driver at Makerere stage says many of them are losing the hope of returning to the Kampala Old Taxi Park which was closed more than a year ago, to pave way for its renovation. The park was closed by Kampala Capital City …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with the Uganda Tourism Board to promote the Capital City as a key tourism destination for local and foreign tourists. The KCCA Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka, says that Kampala has a lot of tourism sites …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has started the process of closing Kiteezi Landfill with a study to inform safe closure. The landfill located in Lusanja village in Wakiso district was operationalized in 1996 and upgraded to an engineered facility in 2001. But Uganda’s largest landfill …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and buildings hosting government offices along Parliament Avenue have reopened four days after they were closed following last week’s twin bomb explosions. The twin bombings hit Kampala at the Central Police Station-CPS on Buganda road and the IPS building along …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Land Division of High Court in Kampala has issued a temporary injunction stopping government, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, and any of their agents from carrying out any activity on Old taxi park land. The Old taxi park was closed for renovation in May 2020, and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Controversy emerged in the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council, following a proposal by the City Executive Committee for the establishment of a Lord Mayor’s forest. According to the proposal, the Kampala District Land Board had been tasked to identify at least three acres of land …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council has passed a Shillings 441.79 billion budget for the financial year 2022/2023, but leaders are still unhappy about the meager allocations. The Executive Secretary for Finance and Administration, John Ssebuwufu presented the budget before the council highlighting key items …