Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new diaper brand has hit the market, just less than a year after another international brand Molfix came in amidst pomp and endorsement by top musicians in the country. Pure Born, the latest entrant which is UK made is being promoted as Uganda’s …
Read More »New KCCA executive director Dorothy Kisaka takes oath
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dorothy Kisaka has taken oath as the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA executive director. Kisaka replaces Eng. Andrew Kitaka who has been acting executive director since Jennifer Musisi resigned in 2018. Kisaka was nominated last month by President Museveni. He directed the Public Service Commission …
Read More »KCCA: Museveni picks Kisaka
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has nominated Dorothy Kisaka for the position of Executive Director for Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. In a letter addressed to the Public Service Commission, the President has directed the public service commission to interview Kisaka and four other officials to find …
Read More »Kampala’s polluted air
Experts advise on best time to jog and best suburbs to live Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | It is not odd to find Kampala’s growing number of fitness buffs jogging around the city’s suburban streets in the late afternoon—between 4-7pm. Every day of the week, they run up and …
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 »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 …
Read More »What will end the fights at KCCA?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is once again a fighting arena as the political wing locks horns with the executive. Analysts have said the KCCA Act passed in 2010 was unambiguous in terms of who has power over the other between the Lord Mayor …
Read More »Seven tax payers ask KCCA director Kitaka to vacate office
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven people identifying themselves as tax payers and concerned citizens have written to the Acting Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, Andrew Kitaka to vacate office citing the expiry of his tenure. They are Dan Lubowa Sserunjogi, Angel Lubowa, Richard Kiiza, Hakim Ssemakula, Asadu …
Read More »AFD aids KCCA’s climate change strategy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Recently, the acting Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Eng. Andrew Kitaka, addressed the press to give an account of the last eight years of the KCCA’s activities. One issue Kitaka addressed was a project termed as the ‘Kampala Climate Change …
Read More »Sh777 billion needed to control flooding in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA needs sh777 billion to control floods in the city. The KCCA Acting Executive Director Engineer Andrew Kitaaka says that despite having a drainage master plan, the authority does not have money to carry out construction works for three main channels of …
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