The Kampala District Land Board has been duly approved and given greenlight to officially do their work following the withdraw of the case from Court questioning their appointment. Earlier this year, names of the appointed members from Uganda Law Society and all divisions of Kampala, except for Nakawa, were presented by the Kampala Capital City…
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCEC) have been dragged to court for negligence during construction of Kulambiro ring road which allegedly caused damage to private property. The road is being constructed under the World Bank funded Kampala Institutional Infrastructure Development Project 2. Cases of damaged property against KCCA…
Several officials at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), are in deep trouble for allegedly swindling over Shs 8 billions in guise of renovation of Old Taxi Park. These are also under fire for defying a Court Order and using this Covid-19 Lockdown to enter a consent judgement between the developers led by Ahabwe Transporters…
The Minister for Kampala Betty Amongi has come under fire for allegedly failing to account for Shs 1Bn out of the Shs 2bn Covid-19 funds allocated to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). In March, government passed a Covid-19 supplementary budget where KCCA received funds for some of the items that were already funded under Ministry…
The new Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka has issued a 7-point programme to improve and unite the city. Kisaka made remarks after taking charge of KCCA on Thursday July, 30, 2020. “We will promote a culture that says ‘we are bigger than the differences that divide us’. The people of Kampala…
Uganda Police Force (UPF) have fired teargas and live bullets to disperse hundreds of traders in downtown Kampala who had reopened shops this morning, despite their continued closure by the government. Arcades have remained closed since March 2020, when the government first announced a lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus disease. Although, in…
The Minister of Trade Amelia Kyambadde, Betty Among, and Benny Namugwanya have on Tuesday afternoon converged at the Office of the Prime Minister-OPM to discuss on arcade re-opening. The meeting was attended by City arcade owners including Ruparelia Group Chairman Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, Hamis Kigundu, among others who were called in an impromptuly to find…
Umeme Limited, Uganda’s Electricity Distribution Company has unveiled Peter Kaujju as their Head of Communications. The surprising message of Mr. Peter Kauju as the new Umeme Spokesperson was unleashed on Tuesday July 7th, 2020, in a statement posted by the Company’s official Twitter account. “We take this honour to introduce @PeterKaujju as our Head of…
Moses Atwine Kananiira, the Director of Physical Planning at Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has resigned. According to KCCA deputy spokesperson Robert Kalumba, Atwine tendered in his resignation on Tuesday. Kalumba says that Mark Bwambale now takes over in acting capacity. Atwine who took over the office in 2017 was in 2018 found to be unqualified…
As a way of resuming business amidst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, the Ruparelia Group of Companies, which is owned by Kampala magnate Sudhir Ruparelia, has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) to all tenants occupying their buildings around Kampala. Rajiv Ruparelia, who is son of tycoon Sudhir, revealed the new SoPs on Friday June 26, 2020,…
