Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)

Government to replace KCCA enforcement officers with police

Government to replace KCCA enforcement officers with police

The government is set to deploy police officers in Kampala city to supervise the works of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) enforcement team following the death of a city vendor last week. A 35 years old Olivia Kasemere on Friday drowned in Nakivubo channel after she was said to be running away from KCCA enforcement officers who […]

Old Kampala SS in new leadership following last week’s student strike

Old Kampala SS in new leadership following last week’s student strike

OLD Kampala Senior Secondary School has today Monday July 24, 2017 witnessed a change of leadership of the school following wrangles that had threatened to tire the school apart pitting some teachers and Old student’s association against the out-going head teacher Azida Ntegana Nsubuga. The rivalry had culminated into a student strike last week that […]

MPs call for an audit of the KCCA E-city system

MPs call for an audit of the KCCA E-city system

MPs have called for a value for money audit of the e-city system employed by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). The city authority contracted a foreign company TUCKSEE to provide the e-city system for 2.7m dollars.The system is employed to electronically account and manage city revenues. The Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises […]

Tales of Kampala’s street vendors at Kaja market in down town city

Tales of Kampala’s street vendors at Kaja market in down town city

Street vending is like a default setting in Kampala. If you live in Kampala, you have definitely seen street vendors. In fact some or most of us have bought at least something from a street vendor. Kaja market  is a local name given to a place where street vendors  in Kampala sell their items especially […]

Water hyacinth re-appears on Uganda’s Lake Victoria

Water hyacinth re-appears on Uganda’s Lake Victoria

Visiting Lake Victoria, one of the visible features at first sight is the green water hyacinth as some of it forms shapes that can be viewed from a distance stretching towards the islands on the waters. Water-hyacinth is a floating plant that has clusters of leaves with spongy stalks arising from a base of dark […]

Kampala’s Sunday street market days and the corny songs from vendors

Kampala’s Sunday street market days and the corny songs from vendors

Every Sunday Kampala Streets stretching from Barclays Bank to Kampala road on Luwuum Street is shut off and designated as a street market where vendors can hawk and sell their items. Items sold range from clothes for all ages, sexes, class_ both new and second hand clothes, shoes, bags, electronics, art, books and many other […]

Lukwago and Kamya hold meeting to drop hatchet, pledge to modernise Kampala

Lukwago and Kamya hold meeting to drop hatchet, pledge to modernise Kampala

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) political leaders met in a closed meeting yesterday evening (Monday August15) and resolved to work harmoniously without failing each other so for effective service delivery. The meeting is said to have been attended by the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, Minister for Kampala Beti Kamya ,Division Mayors who included; Charles Musoke […]