How Kampala has mismanaged her relations with Kigali and why Rwanda closed her border THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Let me do what politicians always do – claim they run for office due to popular demand. Many people have been asking me to comment on the heightened …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet this week approved the Physical Planners Registration Bill 2019 for better coordination of the sector. The bill will ensure physical planners play a more effective role in all physical planning matters in the Country based on the law, and are made more responsible and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has earmarked 39 roads for upgrading. The city authority says that several roads and drainage channels were designed and land for their development identified and marked using pegs. These roads will be constructed as soon as KCCA secures funds …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority Bill 2015 has dragged on due to controversial clauses that seek to make the Minister the head of Kampala and limit powers of Lord Mayor. The bill, which was earlier under scrutiny by the Presidential affairs committee of parliament, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cliff Kibuuka is known for his startling images of Kampala landscape; especially Kampala under night- fall with the dimming light illuminating compacted settlements. Dominic Muwanguzi interviewed him on what these motifs mean and his recent work. You document Kampala city landscape: the shanty …
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Beautiful art: More energy, creativity, and innovation without traditional hindrances of space or materials Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Kampala is witnessing a mushrooming of non-traditional art spaces on the local art scene. Different from traditional museums and galleries, none traditional art spaces in Kampala include Design Hub …
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CHOLERA: Why the unexpected outbreak happened Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Emma Tagobya; the Local Council Chairman of Sembule B Zone of Kabowa Parish, Rubaga Division has been quite busy lately – battling a cholera outbreak in his area. Sembule B Zone is right on the edge of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health confirmed on Jan.07 that two cases had tested positive for cholera and seven other sus-pected samples were being tested at the Central Public Health Laboratories for fur ¬ther analysis. The patients who are being treated at the China – Uganda Friendship hospital …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has banned the sale of cooked food and drinks prepared on the streets in Kabowa following an outbreak of cholera. State Minister for Kampala Benny Namugwanya announced the ban while addressing journalists at Uganda Media Center on Thursday. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Poor planning of the urban settlements in Kampala is partly to blame for the latest outbreak of cholera in the city suburbs, State Minister for Primary Health Care Joy Moriku Kaducu has said. According to Kaducu, several settlements in the suburbs of Kampala are located …
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