Tag Archives: NBRB

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 13 percent of schools in Uganda have implemented mechanisms to safeguard learners against fire outbreaks and their consequences, according to the latest research findings from the National Buildings Review Board (NBRB). The assessment, conducted between May 2022 and May 2023 in collaboration with …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Building Review Board-NBRB, on Saturday, closed a section of Speke Courts Hotel, following the collapse of a building. The NBRB officials led by the head of enforcement, Jafar Magyezi noted that the extension building was attached to the guests’ rooms which could put …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Building Review Board-NBRB has said that using steel-timber-concrete method to construct slabs is unsafe since there are no clear standards for the timber being used. The clarification follows the 19th September 2022 ban by the Minister for Works and Transport Gen. Katumba Wamala on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The parliamentary committee on infrastructure has started an investigation into the state of Lotis towers. Last month, cracks on the 14-storied building were first spotted in one of the building’s pillars on level six by concerned tenants. The National Buildings Review Board-NBRB recommended occupants vacate …

  Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Building Review Board-NBRB has launched investigations into the fire outbreak that gutted part of Hima Cement Factory in the Kasese district. The fire killed three employees and destroyed property worth millions of Shillings. Six other employees escaped with injuries. Three of them …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Works and Transport Minister General Edward Katumba Wamala has cautioned the new National Building Review Board-NBRB, to refrain from writing postmortem reports and instead prevent accidents from happening. The 16 member board which was inaugurated today will be led by Emmanuel Male, a former member of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The use of unqualified engineers to construct and supervise construction works is the main cause for the collapse of buildings in Uganda, the National Buildings Review Board-NBRB has revealed. Engineer Nicholas Omoding, the head of investigations at the National Buildings Review Board-NBRB, says that their …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Works has launched investigations into the fire outbreak that gutted part of the Rwenzururu royal palace in Kasese District.  Last week, a structure that doubles as the home of the Rwenzururu cultural leader Charles Wesley Mumbere and the office was set ablaze …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Building Review Board-NBRB has tasked city authorities to institute committees to oversee the construction of buildings in their areas. During a sensitization meeting for Masaka city officials and leaders, Milton Fred Ocen, a member from the NBRB said no new buildings will be …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono town clerk Richard K Monday and Engineer Joash Sserunjogi are in trouble for authorizing the use of a condemned building housing one of the biggest supermarkets on its first and second floor. The duo was picked up on the orders of Geoffrey Kaheebwa, the …