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KCCA seeks UGX 3 Billion for street lighting

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is negotiating with the French Development Agency (AFD) for shillings 3 billion (800.000 Euros) to implement the Kampala street lighting master plan project. In his end of year message, the Kampala City Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, says with this funding KCCA …

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Floods hit Bwaise as heavy rains overwhelm Nakamiro channel

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Business owners in Bwaise have spent a good part of the day sweeping and mopping water out of their premises following a heavy downpour last night and early morning. Apart from the rains that entered their buildings, a large amount of water from Nakamiro channel …

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KCCA releases mega roads plan for 2020

✳ KCCA plan ■ Five key new roads under construction ■ Signalization of 13 of 30 junctions set ■ Plan to construct & upgrade 300km of secondary & connecting roads ■ Renovation of Old Taxi Park Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) is promising city …

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Garbage and rain take over Kampala on Christmas Day

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala streets were Wednesday free of the usual traffic as millions enjoyed the Christmas holiday. However, garbage seems to have replaced the Kampala dwellers in the town, and add to that rain later in the day and early Thursday, left a sorry sight. URN …

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CHRISTMAS: Street vendors overwhelm KCCA

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Street vendors overwhelmed the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) law enforcement team in downtown Kampala on Christmas eve. On Tuesday, the street vendors poured on the road between Owino Market and Mukwano Arcade stretching all the way to Ham Shopping ground, making it almost …

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Experts welcome plan to waive tax on low value property

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The idea by the Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA to waive property tax for the low value property has been welcomed as a progressive move. Albert Oduman Okello, an economist and former shadow finance Minister, told URN that this was a way to go …

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KCCA extends regularisation of temporary workers to 2020

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The process of legalising temporary workers of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is scheduled to start next year.  KCCA Ag. Executive Director Andrew Kitaka told journalists Wednesday at City hall that they are working with the Public Service Commission to interview and validate staff on permanent …

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KCCA to extend lights to slums

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA plans to install lights beyond the streets of the city. KCCA has installed 4,988 lights in the City, 1,560 of which are solar. However, the street lights don’t cover slum areas with poor roads. Harriet Mulondo, the Director Gender and Community …

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Sh9 billion needed for house numbering project in Kampala

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA needs about sh9 billion for the house numbering project. In 2016, KCCA started mass numbering of all properties in Kampala and so far, over 356,947 houses have been numbered. However, according to the Geographic Information System (GIS) analyst …

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