The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga on Friday said she was “hurt” by the lack of empathy by police and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) leaders over the shooting of a senior six student recently. Ms Lowena Rachael Nankya, a student of Lugazi Mixed School (Naalya) was shot in the mouth by policemen…
Speaker Rt Hon Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has visited the student who was shot in the mouth as KCCA enforcers and police battled vendors in downtown Kampala recently. “I have just been to Mulago Hospital’s ward 7 to check on Lowena Rachael Nankya, the S.6 student of Nalya Lugazi Mixed School, who was shot in the…
Uganda Police have summoned KCCA law enforcement officers to explain circumstances under which a senior six student was shot during an operation against street vendors in Kampala city on Tuesday, March 10. Rachel Nankya, a student of Lugazi Mixed SSS, her mother and another man only identified as Jimmy were seriously injured during the shooting…
A senior six student was on Tuesday shot in the mouth by police as they dispersed rowdy vendors and hawkers at Kajja next to the Old Taxi Park. Ms Lowena Nankya, a student of Lugazi Mixed School, was on her way to school in the company of her mother who also sustained a broken arm…
The Lubaga North councilor, Abubakar Kawalya has won the polls for the election of the pioneer speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). He was declared winner by the Buganda Road Chief magistrate, Miriam Ayo Okello who presided over the polls. According to Ayo, Kawalya polled 17 votes beating his rival and Makerere University councilor,…
At least 261 police officers attached to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have been withdrawn on orders of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Martin Okoth-Ochola. Police Spokesman, Mr Fred Enanga confirmed the development on Monday. He told journalists that the IGP wrote to the acting KCCA Executive Director, Mr Andrew Kitaka, a month…
Police has used teargas and live bullets to disperse hundreds of Boda-boda operators from Bombo road and Lumumba Avenue on Tuesday February 18, 2020 afternoon protesting endless police arrests and eviction from their stages in Kampala. The demonstration followed a recent operation conducted by jointly the KCCA enforcements and police to crackdown on Boda-boda riders…
High Court in Kampala has ordered Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to refund Shs4.8b paid by St Balikuddembe (Owino) Market vendors in 2011 for a non-existing piece of land purportedly at Kisenyi in Mengo. The Court presided over by judge Musa Ssekaana also ordered KCCA to pay the traders more than Shs1.15b in compensation for…
By Daily Monitor A High Court judge in Kampala has sued businessman Bob Kabonero for alleged noise pollution. In his suit filed before the High Court Civil Division, Justice Andrew Bashaija is seeking orders of a permanent injunction against the businessman, his bar and restaurant Ponsiano Kwizera trading as Green Lounge for continuously causing excessive…
