Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators in the Old Park that ply Entebbe road have defied a directive to relocate to Usafi and Kisenyi taxi parks. On Friday, the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Minsa Kabanda issued a directive that all taxis that ply Entebbe should relocate to …
Read More »Minister directs Entebbe taxis back to Usafi, Kisenyi Parks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Hajjat Minsa Kabanda has directed Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to enforce the return of taxis playing Entebbe to Usafi and Kisenyi parks. Addressing the media at the Uganda Media Center, Kabanda said that they held a meeting …
Read More »Eight stranded in Usafi Park after giving birth during lockdown
maternity Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight women who gave birth during the period when Uganda was in lockdown, are stranded at Usafi Taxi Park. The women gave birth on different dates between March 28 and June 2, this year. During the time, there was no public …
Read More »War over taxi relocation to Usafi
Taxi drivers and operators have vowed not to relocate from Old Taxi Park in the city centre to Usafi Park on Entebbe Road following a directive from Cabinet and KCCA. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is tension at the Old Taxi Park in Kampala following heavy deployment by …
Read More »Why Muslim profiling could backfire
Why Muslim profiling could backfire Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | It was a nondescript mosque only noticeable because of its makeshift mabati walls in the congested Kisenyi slums, a notorious suburb of Kampala city. But when police raided Usafi Mosque on April 27, allegedly while pursuing a criminal on its …
Read More »Captives freed in USAFI raid found very sick, others defiled – Police
Captives freed in USAFI raid found very sick, others defiled – Police Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Onyango revealed on May 07 that some of the captives rescued during a joint raid by security forces on USAFI mosque have been found to be very sick. “Seven girls …
Read More »THIS WEEK: More than 30 arrested in USAFI mosque raid
More than 30 arrested in USAFI mosque raid Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Usafi mosque in Kisenyi on April 28, a total of 36 people suspected of involving in acts of terrorism and radicalism were arrested. The operation by the police together with other security agencies was done after an …
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