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Neighbours report what they actually paid for a sack of charcoal, a vendor's jerrycan of water, a kilo of posho and a gas refill — the board shows the middle figure once a few reports come in.

The fees KCCA's own contract sets for household collection, which day the free bring-to-truck service runs, which company is licensed for each zone, and the numbers to call when the truck does not come. Zones 1 and 6 have no collector listed by KCCA, and the page says so rather than leaving a gap. It also sets out where the city's waste goes now that Kiteezi is closed.

Put in what you want to spend and see how many units it should give you, at the rates ERA approved for July to September. It shows where the money goes — the service charge that comes off your first purchase of the month, and any arrears — and lets you check a purchase you have already made against what it should have been. One thing worth knowing: units 81 to 150 cost less each than units 16 to 80, so electric cooking is cheaper than the headline rate suggests.

The town page now opens with a colored-pencil drawing across the city's hills — red rooftops climbing toward Rubaga Cathedral, with Lake Victoria in the distance.

A few days each year bring huge crowds and road closures — Uganda Martyrs' Day at Namugongo, the Kabaka's Birthday Run, the City Festival, Independence Day. This shows when they fall and what they do to the roads, so you can plan around them. It counts each one forward, and marks the ones whose date is set closer to the time.

The valleys between Kampala's hills flood in the same places twice a year. 'Where Does It Flood?' pins the black-spots residents know by name — Bwaise, Kalerwe, Katwe, the Nakivubo channel, the eastern Ntinda–Kinawataka stretch — shows the roads that go under, and points at the radio, KCCA and the Red Cross for the warnings that matter. It sits alongside the flood tool that carries the seasons and the rain outlook.

When the taps go dry it's hard to tell whether it's just your line or a whole area on a planned NWSC interruption. The new neighbour-reported board lets residents tap the area they're in and see where else the water is off, with NWSC's toll-free lines to report a fault. It carries a plain safety note: don't drink from an untreated well or spring when the mains are down — that's how cholera spread in Kabowa in 2019.

Boda and matatu fares in Kampala are negotiated, and they climb at night, in the rain and for anyone who looks like a visitor. The new calculator shows a fair price in shillings for a boda, a matatu, a special hire, a Bolt or the Entebbe transfer — with the inflated ask to refuse and one line of defence for each. These are fair prices neighbours and travellers report, not an official tariff.

The tool now shows where Kampala floods every rainy season — Bwaise, Katwe, Kalerwe, Kawempe and the valleys below the hills — which of the two wet seasons it is right now, and whether the weather model expects heavy rain in the next few days. It pairs the rainfall read with the radio warning chain and after-flood water-safety advice, and is plain that it is not a flood warning.