Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority has announced a ban on hawkers in the refurbished Old Taxi Park. The ongoing construction works on the park are expected to be completed by March 4, 2021. Upon completion, the authorities say the park will have new guidelines for reducing …
Read More »KCCA seeks UGX 12 Billion for garbage trucks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is seeking 12 Billion Shillings to purchase new garbage collection trucks to improve sanitation in the city. According to the Director of Public Health at KCCA Daniel Okello, they plan to purchase two trucks for each of the five divisions of …
Read More »Completion of old taxi park renovation works behind schedule
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is yet to complete renovations of the old Taxi Park nine months after works commenced. KCCA contracted Sterling Civil Engineering and Kiru General Services to renovate the park. However the completionof the park is behind schedule since it was supposed to have …
Read More »KCCA postpones implementation of road user fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has postponed the implementation of Road User Fees to next month. The charge is levied on passenger vehicles including taxis and buses. Last year, the cabinet made a resolution reinstating the charges that President Museveni had suspended in 2017 after taxi …
Read More »NRM scoops elders seat in KCCA council
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement has now secured a seat in the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council, thanks to a win by James Mukooza, a representative of the Kampala male elderly. Mukooza polled 13 votes to defeat independent candidate Hajji Juma Bbosa who got seven votes …
Read More »NUP secures 41 seats in KCCA council
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) has won 41 out of the 44 seats for the directly elected and woman councillors to Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. The other three seats were taken by members of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party which also sponsored the Lord …
Read More »Car boot sales are illegal – KCCA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The emerging car-boot Ugandan entrepreneurs can still enjoy a free ride in the market but all indications are that it will not be long before authorities start demanding their pound of flesh. The car boot sales businesses which propped up during Covid-19 pandemic March to August, are …
Read More »Only 6% of Kampala houses are connected to sewerage network
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 6 percent of household toilets in Kampala are connected to the sewerage network. According to the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Sanitation Improvement and Financing Strategy, there are only a mere 8,975 active sewer connections in Kampala. Of these, 8,375 were connected by 2015 and …
Read More »KCCA to construct 50 public latrines, empty a thousand of latrines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has revealed plans to construct 50 public toilets in different parts of the city to improve sanitation. The facilities shall be constructed in places like taxi parks, markets and public spaces like the Constitutional Square. Speaking at a media briefing at …
Read More »Kasubi road junction works start as vendors move to new market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors have finally occupied Kasubi market paving way for the construction works at Kasubi junction in Lubaga Division. KCCA couldn’t undertake the works in 2018 during the construction of Bakuli-Kasubi Road because vendors from Kasubi Market were operating from there. Government hence constructed a market …
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