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Civtec Africa’s lawsuit against TotalEnergies exposes alleged fuel contamination beneath Kampala’s Industrial Area, raising environmental concerns and testing corporate accountability as the dispute heads to Uganda’s Commercial Court.
Civtec Africa’s lawsuit against TotalEnergies exposes alleged fuel contamination beneath Kampala’s Industrial Area, raising environmental concerns and testing corporate accountability as the dispute heads to Uganda’s Commercial Court.

French Oil Major, TotalEnergies Accused by Contractor of Polluting Kampala City

French oil and gas multinational TotalEnergies Marketing Uganda is facing a lawsuit in the Commercial Court. Local engineering contractor Civtec Africa Limited accuses the company of failing to disclose serious environmental contamination
November 20, 2025
Once a vital drainage artery of Kampala, the Nakivubo Channel has become a tragic symbol of urban neglect. Buildings encroach, wetlands vanish, and rainstorms now trigger deadly floods. The city’s clogged lifeline floods again, reminding us that infrastructure failure and environmental collapse walk hand-in-hand.
Once a vital drainage artery of Kampala, the Nakivubo Channel has become a tragic symbol of urban neglect. Buildings encroach, wetlands vanish, and rainstorms now trigger deadly floods. The city’s clogged lifeline floods again, reminding us that infrastructure failure and environmental collapse walk hand-in-hand.

EDITORIAL: Banks Are Our Last Line of Defence – Will They Stop Financing Uganda’s Environmental Collapse?

When Uganda’s capital city floods, it is often framed as a natural disaster. The skies open up in fury, the drains overflow, and Kampala drowns under its own chaos. But the truth,
A photo collage of Engineers Registration Board Prof. Eng. Henry Mwanaki Alinaitwe, Businessman Hamis Kiggundu and KCCA Executive Director Sharifah.

Engineers Board tasks KCCA boss to reveal engineers, companies behind Nakivubo Channel redevelopment

A subtle but consequential confrontation is unfolding between the Engineers Registration Board (ERB) and the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) over the ongoing redevelopment of the Nakivubo Channel, one of the city’s
A photo collage of city businessman Ham Kiggundu, and an artistic impression of a redeveloped Nakivubo channel. Mr. Kiggundu has come under immense pressure for redeveloping the drainage channel without the blessing of local authorities, even after a greenlight from President Museveni.

Storm over Nakivubo: Ham, KCCA, NEMA dragged to court over drainage channel encroachment

A group of Ugandan lawyers and civic activists have taken to the High Court to challenge what they describe as a dangerous, unconstitutional, and illegal encroachment on Kampala’s lifeline drainage system—the Nakivubo
September 24, 2025
Isaac Mugumbule KCCA’s Head, Landscaping Unit and Edward Ocen Absa Bank head of legal plant a tree at at the KCCA Agricultural Research Centre in Kyanja to commemorate the World Environment Day.

Absa Bank Uganda, KCCA restore 4.9 acres forest cover to commemorate World Environment Day

Absa Bank Uganda and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have jointly planted 3,300 trees at KCCA’s Agricultural Resource Center in Kyanja situated on an expanse of 4.9 acres. The tree planting exercise
June 5, 2024
Dorothy Kisaka has been the Executive Director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), since August 2020 (PHOTO/Courtesy)

Q&A: Two years of Dorothy Kisaka at KCCA— the wins, the misses, revitalizing a Covid-19 shaken Smart City strategy and why winning the trust of Kampala’s political leadership is key

For starters, what are your overall comments on the results of the snap poll versus what in your view, the Authority has been able to implement and or achieve in the last

 

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