The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director, Sharifah Buzeki, has warned that all private garbage collection companies operating in the city risk being summoned to explain what she described as persistent poor service delivery. Buzeki said several companies contracted by the authority were failing to meet their obligations despite residents paying the required monthly…
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has assessed the progress of the Kiteezi landfill rehabilitation project, with officials saying works are nearing completion. The KCCA executive director, Sharifah Buzeki, has urged residents around Kiteezi to support the project by improving waste management practices, including waste reduction, recycling and proper garbage disposal. Buzeki, accompanied by her…
The executive director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Sharifah Buzeki, has ordered the immediate closure of Sky City building along Nabweru Road near Bwaise Market, citing failure to implement a proper waste management plan. Buzeki made the directive during a joint clean-up exercise at Bwaise Market and its surrounding neighbourhood in Kawempe division. The…
The government has approved Shs 4.3 billion to compensate victims of the Kiteezi landfill disaster, with payments set to begin on Friday December 26, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has said. Sharifah Buzeki, the KCCA executive director, said the payout marked the start of efforts to rehabilitate residents affected by the collapse of the Kiteezi…
Sharifah Buzeki, the executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), has reprimanded town clerks from Kampala Central and Kawempe divisions over delayed salary payments to city casual workers, ordering that all outstanding wages be cleared before Christmas. Buzeki raised the issue while speaking to Bbeg Media during the Weyonje Sanitation Challenge 2025 at…
Government has announced plans to inject Shs200 million into Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (Saccos) for Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) casual workers in a move aimed at improving their welfare and standard of living. The pledge was made by Moses Byaruhanga, a senior presidential adviser, during the Weyonje Sanitation Challenge 2025 held at Kitante…
The executive director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Sharifah Buzeki, has urged residents in Lubaga Division to work with KCCA to ensure that roads and drainage channels remain clean and free of garbage and sewage. Buzeki was accompanied by Dr Sarah Zalwango, the director of public health and environment, and the Lubaga Division town…
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director Sharifah Buzeki has urged residents of Makindye Division to improve hygiene and sanitation to reduce the spread of diseases in one of the city’s most populated areas. Buzeki, who was accompanied by her deputy Benon Moses Kigenyi and Dr Sarah Zalwango, the director of public health and environment,…
Traders in downtown Kampala have dragged businessman Hamis Kiggundu, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to court, seeking justice and compensation for businesses destroyed by heavy rains last Friday. Through their lawyer, Kalule Mpologoma of Luzige, Lubaga, Kavuma & Co. Advocates, the traders want the court to urgently…
Matia Lwanga Bwanika, the Wakiso district chairman, has called on senior government officials to improve their oversight of government projects and ensure accountability, particularly in Wakiso, where they undertake their duties. This directive was issued during a meeting organised to review the progress of work in the district, attended by senior government officials led by…
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has been cited by leaders at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) over what some termed as “irregular” allocation of five plots of land in the city. Last week, Parliament approved a motion to lease plots, including those on Namirembe Road, Offspring Road, Old Kira Road, Kenneth Close, and Lugogo, to private…
President Museveni has lambasted the leadership at Kamapala Capital City Authority (KCCA) for not doing enough to ensure a clean city. Museveni expressed his displeasure about the poor state of sanitation in the city while officially opening the first phase of the Kampala Flyover Project along Mukwano Road today. Museveni said: “I see flies everywhere,…
