KCCA dumps approximately 2,500 tonnes of garbage at Katikolo daily Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipality leaders, led by Deputy Town Clerk Majerani Luboyera and Municipal MP Betty Nambooze, took action on Monday evening to halt further garbage dumping by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) at the …
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Why firing top leaders at KCCA is an excuse and not a solution to the problems of our capital city THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | This week, President Yoweri Museveni fired the top leadership of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). This was because a report by the Inspector General of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDDENT | Frank Rusa Nyakaana, the director for legal affairs at Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has been appointed as the acting Executive Director two days after the dismissal of Dorothy Kisaka. In a letter signed by Yunus Kakande, the Secretary in the Office of the President, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lord Mayor of Kampala, Erias Lukwago, has summoned Kampala Capital City leaders following the sacking of the KCCA Executive Director Dorothy and her Deputy David Luyimbaazi. On Tuesday, President Museveni Kisaka, Luyimbaazi, and Director of Public Health Dr Daniel Okello over the Kiteezi landfill …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Labour Court has ruled in favor of John Mayende, the former Director and Head of Department at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), ordering his immediate reinstatement after he was unlawfully dismissed by the UBOS Board of Directors. The court’s decision, delivered on …
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AfDB gives city 40 months more to complete roads rehabilitation project Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Kampala Capital City Authority officials have got another 40 months to waste on a roads rehabilitation project funded by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) which was supposed to be completed by 2025. This …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) council, has resolved to negotiate with Mukono Municipal Council to continue using the Katikolo landfill. Last month Mukono Municipal Council allowed KCCA to temporarily use the landfill after the Kiteezi landfill tragedy which claimed the lives of more than 30 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have revealed increasing surveillance as Uganda’s confirmed cases of Mpox, a viral disease previously known as monkey pox increased to five. Speaking on Thursday, Dr Daniel Okello the Director Public Health at the Kampala Capital City Authority …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform President, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi-Wine says the recent garbage disaster at Kiteezi was a result of negligence on the part of KCCA and the Museveni government. Kyagulanyi says with all the warnings, the disaster that claimed the lives of Ugandans …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT) has warned owners of buildings in the City against blocking walkways. Winston Katushabe, Commissioner for Transport Regulation and Road Safety, said many buildings mostly in Kampala and its neighbourhoods have encroached on walkways leaving pedestrians exposed to vehicles. …
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