The Minister of State for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Sam Mayanja has disclosed that land titling discrepancies in Mukono are rooted in a mistake committee by colonial masters when the town was governed as a town board, with very few land titles, and with no arrangements underway as the town expanded. Subsequently Mayanja […]
The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) has urged the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to expedite the “Historic Building Ordinance” to safeguard historical buildings and sites in the city. KCCA is working on the Ordinance to protect and preserve historical buildings and sites in the city. The Ordinance will help the Authority to protect Uganda’s […]
A Soroti family has married off their 14-year-old daughter, a Primary Four pupil at Awoja Bridge Primary School, after discovering that she is pregnant. The situation came to light when her parents confronted her about her pregnancy, and she revealed that the father was her boyfriend, Leonard Opolot, whom she had been dating since 2022. […]
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has begun a countrywide campaign to streamline land tenure system and decisively iron out the monotonous related wrangles. The development comes in the wake of perennial land ownership disagreements in regions with anomalies in documentation which has in many cases culminated into undue disputes. But Honorable MPs, Is […]
A member of Mukono Municipality’s Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) of the World Bank-funded road construction project code-named Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area – Urban Development Programme (GKMA-UPA) has disclosed that the women’s poverty reduction intervention called GROW has failed to meet the intended goal. Stellah Bukoma of Goma Division said that an unnamed commercial bank’s staff […]
A meeting between stakeholder ministries and Members of Parliament (MPs) from Northern Uganda has been planned to address concerns over the closure of the Karuma Bridge. The Ministry of Works and Transport closed the bridge over the River Nile on the Kampala – Gulu Highway from access by all motorists on Monday, 23 September, 2024 […]
President Museveni has today dismissed the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) top leadership starting with the Executive director, Dorothy Kisaka, her deputy, Eng. David Luyimbazi and the Director of Public Health, Dr. Daniel Okello. President Museveni made the above decision following the findings of the Inspector General of Government (IGG) report concerning the Kiteezi Landfill […]
A total of 239 schoolchildren have been killed in road accidents in the past nine months, the Ugandan Police said, warning motorists to be more careful as the third term began on Monday. The children, aged between five and 18, were killed while being dropped off or picked up from school in the past two […]
The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala has announced the total closure of Karuma bridge for all road traffic. Gen. Katumba’s decision followed his inspection of the bridge on Tuesday and realized that it has become more dangerous to all users. He says the total closure will be effected on Monday, September […]
A cross section of Ugandans have given varying views on the government decision to elevate to city status five towns including Nakasongola, Moroto, Kabale, Entebbe and Wakiso, beginning the next financial year, but on the average majority of those interviewed are in support of the move. Speaking in a telephone interview, Buvuma Member of Parliament, […]