Kampala news
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…
The issue of fake DNA results that are being peddled around Kampala and other parts of Uganda by money-hungry opportunists has of late raised so much concern amongst several Ugandans, because of their negative impact on the family as an important institution of society. For starters, DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has directed the Ministry of Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs to present a statement on the funding for construction and maintenance for the past three years and the status of roads in the city. Tayebwa who chaired the House on Tuesday afternoon gave accounts of several Ugandans…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders from the Kampala business district have endorsed President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to run as the sole candidate for the 2026 general elections. These were party leaders drawn from all party structures and supporters from formal and informal sectors like Bodaboda associations, taxi operators, ghetto youths, market traders, salonists among…
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The sorry state of the stretch between Caltec Academy school and Hot loaf bakery along Sir Apollo Kaggwa road has irked motorists. Sir Apollo Kaggwa road stretches from the Bwaise roundabout to Gaddafi National Mosque. However, the road has deep potholes from the junction connecting to Caltec Academy school to the Hot Loaf bakery…
The Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda Rt. Hon. Justice Richard Buteera has asked the newly appointed members of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) to work as team and not individuals if they are to achieve the desired mission. Justice Buteera made remarks on Tuesday 20, December, 2022, during the swearing in…
A team of Joint Security Forces are investigating the latest attack on police after armed gun riding a motorcycle ambushed Kensington Police Station near Kensington Apartments in Kyanja, a Kampala suburb. According to eyewitnesses around the place, the incident happened last night on Sunday November 13, 2022. “We heard heavy gunfire at the police post,”…
Kampala Resident City Commissioners have vowed to continue with the ongoing boda-boda registration despite a petition by the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago challenging the directive by the Minister for KCCA, prohibiting all unregistered boda bodas from operating in the Kampala Metropolitan Area. Anderson Burora, the Resident City Commissioner for Rubaga Division says that the campaign…
