KAMPALA,Uganda: The Minister for Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda Bengo, has signed a statutory instrument ordering the immediate eviction of all vendors, hawkers, boda boda riders, and taxi operators operating without authorization within Metropolitan Kampala.
The directive was issued on 5th February 2026 during a press briefing at the Media Centre, where the minister said the government is determined to restore order and sanity in the capital city.
Led by officials from KCCA, the Uganda Police Force, and other government stakeholder agencies, Kabanda directed the relevant authorities to enforce the order decisively and without delay.
She noted that unauthorized vendors and transport operators have become a nuisance and a security threat, disrupting trade order, inconveniencing tax-compliant traders, and obstructing pedestrian movement within the city.
“As the minister responsible for enforcing the provisions of the KCCA and Metropolitan Affairs Act, I am directing that effective today, 5th February 2026, all vendors, hawkers, boda boda riders, and taxi operators conducting business illegally within Kampala’s Central Business District (CBD) and its suburbs must vacate city streets, open spaces, and corridors,” Kabanda stated.
She emphasized that the political season has ended and the city must return to its normal trade order, warning that those who fail to relocate to gazetted areas will face legal action.
The KCCA Deputy Executive Director, Benon Kigenyi, who represented the Executive Director Hajjat Shariffah Buzeki, said the authority is fully prepared to enforce the directive.
“As KCCA, we are concerned that although vendors and hawkers were temporarily allowed to conduct limited festive-season business on the streets, they have failed to vacate peacefully even after the Christmas and electioneering period ended,” Kigenyi said.
He added that vendors are expected to voluntarily relocate to available spaces within the 16 KCCA markets spread across the city divisions, to allow licensed traders who pay taxes to operate without obstruction.
The directive also applies to boda boda riders, who must return to their previously gazetted stages within designated areas. Those operating without approved stages risk eviction and prosecution.
Kigenyi instructed gazetted boda boda stage management committees to resume operations immediately, ensuring that only registered members operate from the designated stages, while police and enforcement officers remove unauthorized riders.
Addressing taxi operators, Kigenyi warned that all taxis must operate strictly from designated taxi parks. Any taxi found loitering or loading passengers in ungazetted areas will be impounded and face prosecution.
He specifically cautioned taxi operators who park along Northern Bypass highway junctions and other unauthorized road spaces to stop immediately or face enforcement action by KCCA.
