President Yoweri Museveni has renewed the contract of Jennifer Semakula Musisi, the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), keeping her on the job until April 2020. Musisi’s contract was first renewed on April 14, 2014, and was due this month. Kampala Minister Beti Kamya described Musisi as a …
Read More »Besigye marches on with land rights campaign
Mityana district was the latest stop in a campaign aimed at land rights awareness rights started by opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Dubbed ‘My Land, My Life’ campaign, Besigye says the move is meant to mobilise Ugandans to resist all forms of land grabbing by the Museveni regime and its agents. …
Read More »VIDEO: Lukwago blocked from going to Kayunga to join Besigye
VIDEO: Kampala Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago, MPs Ssewanyan and Kasibante were blocked from going to Kayunga where former Presidential Candidate Kizza Besigye had escaped police surveillance and was planning to launch an anti-land grabbing campaign. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Lukwago goes to court demanding sh563 million from KCCA
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has dragged the Minister for Kampala Beti Tirwomwe, the Executive Director Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Jennifer Musisi, the Attorney General and KCCA to the High Court, seeking orders compelling the respondents to release sh563.4 million he says they owe him in accumulated emoluments and salary …
Read More »ANALYSIS: After Park Yard evictions
Can Hamis Kiggundu deliver on his promise? Ham Shopping Grounds is a tiny concrete cream building, often called a mall, about half the size of standard football pitch with four floors and flat concrete roof-top right at the edge of Uganda’s oldest sports arena; the Nakivubo Memorial Stadium. The stadium …
Read More »Lukwago blocked from accessing Park Yard in Kampala
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and KCCA councilors have Monday afternoon been blocked from accessing the cordoned-off Park Yard Market, with a group of stick wielding men forcefully ordering them off the premise. Lukwago attempted to access the area after KCCA Council resolved to undertake a fact finding mission to …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Mao’s DP test
Members say leader of oldest party in country must either quit or wind it up The leadership of President Norbert Mao of the Democratic Party is increasingly coming under major scrutiny. Mao is being accused of weakening Uganda’s oldest party with some critics saying he has ‘sold’ the party to …
Read More »VIDEO: Why Lukwago shunned Museveni meeting
VIDEO: Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has snubbed Uganda President Yoweri Museveni’s invitation, together with other councilors, to solve the administrative stalemate over the vendors on Kampala streets. The refusal of the Lord Mayor Lukwago to attend the state House meeting sets a stage for the renewed clashes between him …
Read More »VIDEO: Kamya is Not My Boss – Lukywago
VIDEO: Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago – Minister Beti Kamya will never be my boss. She’s my supervisor, she’s not my boss, no! My boss are the many peoplewho elected me, not Beti Kamya. She’s a supervisor. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: MPs summon Musisi, Lukwago over Usafi Market
NBS: The presidential affairs committee of parliament has summoned the political and technical leadership of Kampala Capital Authority (KCCA) over the mismanagement of USAFI market which they say is costing the country. The summons is in response to a petition filed by the vendors who complained of high taxes yet …
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