Kampala news
Vendors in Bukoto Market in Nakawa division have celebrated the inauguration of a new sanitation facility, on July 19, marking a significant milestone in their daily lives. The facility, built through a partnership between the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Uganda Breweries, aims at improving hygiene and sanitation standards for the market’s 323 vendors…
The Kampala Food Event, has highlighted Kampala Capital City Authorities’ (KCCA) commitment to combating malnutrition and promoting urban farming. Celebrated under the theme “Unveiling the potential of farming for improved food, nutrition, and income,” the event, was held at Railway grounds on Friday. The event was organized under the Building Sustainable, Learning and Inclusive Cities –…
The acting commissioner of lands Baker Mugaino after thorough investigations on the contentious land has released a report faulting NSSF. NSSF bought Land comprised in FRV 402 Folio 13 Block 269 Plot 4,323 and 1322, from Uganda Company Holdings Ltd in 2003. All shareholders of Uganda Company Holdings Ltd are foreigners, they could not hold…
The Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) has called off planned traders’ demonstrations that were allegedly set to happen on Monday, April 8, 2024. According to Thadeus Musoke Naggenda, the Chairperson of KACITA, all traders operating in Kampala are allowed to open up their businesses and attend to their customers. He asked traders not to be…
Law Development Centre Court Principal Magistrate Martin Kirya has ordered Patience Ngaimita to repay Shs15,952,335 to her boyfriend, Isaac Kumakech. This decision is in response to Ngaimita’s misappropriation of Sh14,952,335 intended for a bar and restaurant business for personal expenses. Isaac Kumakech filed a lawsuit against his girlfriend, Patience Ngaimita, requesting court intervention to recoup…
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has given at least 3,750 one-day-old broiler chicks to people with disabilities in Kampala in an effort to increase household earnings and encourage urban gardening. The distribution took place at Old Kampala Secondary School on Monday, August 28, 2023, as part of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) program.…
The Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajat Minsa Kabanda, along with the Kampala Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka, embarked on a significant visit to City Public markets as part of their ongoing efforts to assess the implementation of the new Markets Act.The Act, recently passed by Parliament, empowers the Kampala Capital City Authority…
In a bid to accelerate the development of Uganda and transform Kampala into a Smart City, Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajat Minsa Kabanda, has called upon non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to actively support the Parish Development Model (PDM) and other government programs. The minister emphasized the crucial role that NGOs play in…
The Kampala Capital City Authority ‘KCCA’ director in charge Gender,Community Services and Production Shiela Birungi has launched a youth campaign in Kabalaga, Makindye division in a bid to curb unemployment and transform livelihoods. KCCA says that so far more than 700 youth have benefited in this project in employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. The youth have…
On 16th June, 2023, the Anti-Corruption Court sitting in Kololo, Kampala found two directors of Wellex Hardware Limited and their Accountant guilty of generating and selling fictitious invoices. The accused were; Jigar Chandarana, Jitendra Sorathiya and the accountant, Ronak Moradiya Ghanshyambhai. They were convicted on 5 counts of making false statements to a tax officer…
