Two people have been confirmed dead in a fire that swept through a seven-story building along Rashid Khamisi Road in the city center. The fire is believed to have started at approximately 10:00am in the basement shops of Sunshine Building, located near Namayiba Bus Park and the Swarayan Indian worship center in Old Kampala. Daniel […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today commissioned the Kampala Flyover Project, a landmark infrastructure development aimed at easing traffic congestion and improving road networks in the city. The project, located in the heart of Kampala’s Central Business District (CBD) is part of the government’s broader efforts to modernize urban transport and boost economic growth. It […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is in the United Arab Emirates, on a working visit and to also attend the 4th edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025 which started on Monday this week, today held a side meeting with Khaled Al Huraimel, an investor based in Sharjah who expressed interest in the management […]
The newly appointed directors of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have today officially taken over their offices. Hajjat Sharifah Buzeki takes over the big office of the political administration of Uganda’s capital from Dorothy Kisaka who was dismissed in September 2024 following the Kiteezi garbage landfill tragedy. Frank Rusa has since been taking care of […]
In a rare case of unprecedented patriotism, a Kampala landlord has volunteered to surrender 50 acres of his land located along Kampala-Mityana Road for the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to use as a dumping site, in a move he described as a corporate social responsibility to Ugandans. The offer is contained in a letter […]
The sports fraternity in Uganda has today received the sad news of the death of the Ugandan footballer who died in Amsterdam. The deceased has been identified as Ahmed Ssenyange a.k.a French Cut, the former KCCA winger. Ssenyange is said to have gone through series of rehabilitation after he was found homeless on the streets […]
Five men who pleaded guilty to the offence of shooting dead a security guard, robbing Banxell Forex Bureau along Kabuusu Road in Lubaga Division and taking the security guard’s gun number SAR-UG PSO 54000868124 with nine rounds of ammunition, have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the general court martial at Makindye. They were charged together with […]
The Kasangati Chief Magistrates Court has remanded the Former Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority Dorothy Kisaka and her Deputy David Luyimbazi on 57 charges including manslaughter, causing death or harm by rush or negligent act. Kisaka, Luyimbazi and the Director of Public Health Dr Daniel Okello on Friday were arraigned before the Court presided over by the Chief Magistrate […]
Former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) directors have been arrested and detained after a full day of grilling at the CID headquarters in Kampala on Wednesday. Police on Monday announced that they had summoned former KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, former Deputy Executive Director David Luyimbazi, and former Director of Public Health and Environment, […]
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 […]