Tag Archives: KAMPALA

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have raised concern over the government plan to give an additional 50 billion Shillings to Kampala and Wakiso districts under the Emyooga, a government initiative aimed at wealth creation and employment. The initiative is part of government strategies to transform …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has reinstated operational fees for taxis and other commercial vehicles in Kampala city. In 2017, the government stopped Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA from collecting road user fees from taxis following complaints from the operators saying the charges were exorbitant. The operators used …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Better policies for street vending, garbage management and unemployment in the city have been highlighted by women seeking political office in Kampala, as key issues to be addressed when they are elected. The contenders; Faridah Nambi for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, Stella …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Police is restoring Curfew checkpoints with effect from tonight at 2100 hours. Commissioner of Police Fred Enanga, the Force Spokesman Fred Enanga says all roadblocks and barriers on roads leading into (and out of) the city for the enforcement of the curfew are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered two bodies from the Nakivubo channel after today’s heavy downpour in Kampala. The two bodies were recovered near Total fuel station where they were carried by floods water from different parts of the city. Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango has identified …

✳ Uganda confirmed cases 3,353 ✳ Deaths 35 ✳ Recoveries 1,564 Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Over 467 of the 954 people who have in the last one month tested positive in Kampala have not yet been evacuated to treatment in isolation facilities, the Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 10 people were killed while 402 others sustained injuries in domestic brawls within the Kampala Metropolitan policing area during the COVID-19 lockdown. Records at the Kampala Metropolitan police headquarters show that 10 people were killed by their partners between March 18 and July …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Up to 90% of  Kampala’s record 175 COVID-19 cases have  reported using public transport and the taxi park. The other key of source of infection, according to a statement from Kampala Capital City Authority, are offices, workshops and arcades, due to noncompliance to …

Tentative NRM CEC Election results ✳ Chairperson Yoweri  Museveni – unopposed ✳ 1st Vice-Chairperson Moses Kigongo – unopposed ✳ 2nd Vice-Chairperson Rebecca Kadaga    6,776 votes Persis Namuganza   3,943 votes ✳  Vice Chairperson Kampala Godfrey Nyakana-  2665 Singh Katongole –  4503 Salim Uhuru- 2,468 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Singh Katongole …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 2,900 elderly persons have been registered to benefit from the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment-SAGE program in Kampala. This is the first time that the elderly persons in Kampala are enrolled to benefit from the program since its inception 10 years ago. …