By Gerald Businge on September 6, 2011
Erias Lukwago, eviction of street vendors, Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago
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The Kampala Capital City Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago and councilors have visited different city markets to establish the availability of space that may be allocated to the evicted street vendors. The political leaders visited Nakasero market where the market chairman Godfrey Kakooza informed them that they have no space for new vendors. KCCA yesterday evicted […]
By Gerald Businge on September 6, 2011
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The majority of the Members of Parliament have approved the eviction of vendors from the streets as advanced by KCCCA The motion seeking for suspension of the eviction of vendors from streets and creating the special committee to handle the vendors concerns was moved by the mp for kumi county Patrick Amuriat and seconded by […]
By Gerald Businge on September 5, 2011
Dr. Githinji Gitahi, robert kabushenga, uganda newspapers
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Newspaper managers and owners have joined a group of vendors to protest the eviction of vendors off the Kampala streets. The exercise, which kicked off in the wee hours of this morning, has sparked off outcry from the vendors. Today, managers of newspapers took their grievances to Kampala Capital City Authority offices, demanding for audience […]
By Gerald Businge on September 2, 2011
Jenifer Musisi Semakula, KCCA Executive Director
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Kampala capital city authority has given an ultimatum of five days to all illegal street vendors to vacate the street, road reserve and walk ways. Addressing the press in Kampala the executive director Kampala Capital City Authority Jenifer Musisi said the KCCA has identified over 8000 vending facilities in 69 markets in and in and […]
By Gerald Businge on August 14, 2011
Uganda government, UTODA
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Ultimate Media Troubles for the Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association have worsened with government putting stringent directives against the transport body. According to state minister for transport Stephen Chebrot, the troubled transport body is supposed to give its full bank statements for the last 20 years it has been operating in the city to […]
By Gerald Businge on August 13, 2011
Betty Nambooze, Jenifer Musisi Semakula, Kampala Capital City Authority
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The Shadow minister for Kampala Capital City Authority Betty Nambooze has cautioned the Authority’s Executive Director Jennifer Musisi over what Nambooze terms as illegal awarding of the contracts going on. Nambooze said although currently there is no legal contracts committee under which the City Authority is mandated to award contracts, so far 49 contracts have […]
By Gerald Businge on August 12, 2011
Gen. David Tinyefuza, KCCA house row, Muruli Mukasa
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Members of parliament have today thrown out security minister Muruli Mukasa out of parliament after he failed to explain to the Parliamentary committee on presidential affairs when security intends to leave the two storey building at Plot 2, Mabua Road- Kololo. The building under contention is an office and a command centre where a UPDF General […]
By Gerald Businge on August 11, 2011
Minister of Transport, Stephen Chebrot, Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association, UTODA
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The Government has insisted that the Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) must present its bank account and accountability for the last 6 months for verification and transparency. The state minister for Transport Works and Communication Steven Chebrot, in a meeting with the officials from KCCA, Presidential advisors and UTODA says they have come […]
By Gerald Businge on August 10, 2011
Erias Lukwago, Hajji Musa Katongole, Kampala Capital City Authority, UTODA
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Kampala Capital City Authority leadership today put officials of Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association to task to explain its legality to run two taxi parks in the city center. Kampala city Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago today met the officials and challenged them to produce relevant documents to back their contract. However, the officials, led […]
By Gerald Businge on August 9, 2011
Kawempe Mayor, Mubarak Munyagwa
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Police have this Monday foiled another attempt by Mubarak Munyagwa, the mayor Kawempe division to close the division offices. This morning, Munyagwa stormed Kawempe Division headquarters with three aides and ordered the junior workers to close the division offices for two weeks. He also ordered police that was deployed at the divisional headquarters to vacate […]