Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators in Usafi taxi park are unhappy about the decision of their colleagues to operate on streets. A number of taxis plying the Entebbe route are still operating on the streets and in non-designated places. Taxis are parked at Clock tower alias Kibaati …
Read More »KCCA seeks UGX 3 billion for street lighting
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is negotiating with the French Development Agency (AFD) for Shillings 3 billion (800.000 Euros) to implement the Kampala Street Lighting Master plan project. In his end of year message, the Kampala City Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, says with this funding KCCA intends …
Read More »KCCA seeks UGX 3 Billion for street lighting
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is negotiating with the French Development Agency (AFD) for shillings 3 billion (800.000 Euros) to implement the Kampala street lighting master plan project. In his end of year message, the Kampala City Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, says with this funding KCCA …
Read More »Floods hit Bwaise as heavy rains overwhelm Nakamiro channel
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business owners in Bwaise have spent a good part of the day sweeping and mopping water out of their premises following a heavy downpour last night and early morning. Apart from the rains that entered their buildings, a large amount of water from Nakamiro channel …
Read More »KCCA releases mega roads plan for 2020
✳ KCCA plan ■ Five key new roads under construction ■ Signalization of 13 of 30 junctions set ■ Plan to construct & upgrade 300km of secondary & connecting roads ■ Renovation of Old Taxi Park Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) is promising city …
Read More »Garbage and rain take over Kampala on Christmas Day
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala streets were Wednesday free of the usual traffic as millions enjoyed the Christmas holiday. However, garbage seems to have replaced the Kampala dwellers in the town, and add to that rain later in the day and early Thursday, left a sorry sight. URN …
Read More »CHRISTMAS: Street vendors overwhelm KCCA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Street vendors overwhelmed the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) law enforcement team in downtown Kampala on Christmas eve. On Tuesday, the street vendors poured on the road between Owino Market and Mukwano Arcade stretching all the way to Ham Shopping ground, making it almost …
Read More »Experts welcome plan to waive tax on low value property
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The idea by the Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA to waive property tax for the low value property has been welcomed as a progressive move. Albert Oduman Okello, an economist and former shadow finance Minister, told URN that this was a way to go …
Read More »KCCA extends regularisation of temporary workers to 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The process of legalising temporary workers of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is scheduled to start next year. KCCA Ag. Executive Director Andrew Kitaka told journalists Wednesday at City hall that they are working with the Public Service Commission to interview and validate staff on permanent …
Read More »KCCA ED Kitaka tours city roads, says they are too old to be maintained
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acting Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority Engineer Andrew Kitaka has said plans are underway to fully rehabilitate more than 65km of the city’s roads because it’s no longer economical to maintain them under their age. Eng. Kitaka on Wednesday toured a couple of …
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