Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA has embarked on a process to renew contracts of the private garbage collecting companies in Kampala. The six months controversial contract extension of Homkline, Nabugabo Updeal and Kampala Solid Waste Management Consortium is set to expire this month. The six …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the heart of Kampala, lies a number of roads named after key figures in British history and those who contributed to the journey to Uganda’s independence. A few others are named after landmarks, topographic features, heroes and political leaders. A navigation through the city …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA will have to part with an extra Shillings 3.5 billion to pay the salaries off newly elected officers whose position were created under the KCCA Amendment Act 2020. The act created thirty new political positions at KCCA. The Act provides for a Speaker and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The withdrawal of police personnel from Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA will not in any way affect the Authority, the spokesperson Peter Kaujju has revealed. It comes a week after police spokesperson, Fred Enanga disclosed that the Inspector General of Police-IGP, Martin Okoth Ochola had …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has approved the extension of Shillings 139 billion under the Kampala Institutional Infrastructures Development Project two (KIIDP 2). The World bank funded project was supposed to end in December 2019 but Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA hadn’t completed the works. KCCA sought the project …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Minister, Betty Amongi has dismissed claims that some clauses were smuggled into the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Amendment Act after its approval by parliament. In August 2019, Parliament passed the KCCA amendment bill. It was assented to by the President in November …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district authorities have turned to Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to seek support for the construction of roads connecting the two administrative units. Wakiso district engineer Sam Mwesigwa notes that the district has over 536 kilometres of roads, more than half of which are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority -KCCA says that the current leadership of Wandegeya market has no claim over the market and therefore should respect KCCA’s directive and leave the market. On Monday, the committee led by Jonathan Ggita was supposed to hand over management of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a scramble for space in Usafi market following the relocation of taxis plying the Entebbe route to Usafi taxi park. On October 16th, 2019, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA directed all taxis plying the Entebbe route to relocate from Old taxi park to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The much anticipated renovation of the old taxi park will start next year. Works will include tarmacking and installation of a proper drainage system. The renovation was supposed to start two months ago but faced resistance from taxi operators who argued that they had …
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