Staff at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC) are being investigated over allegations of issuance and usage of ghost fuel cards. This follows reports that millions of taxpayers money is being diverted for usage for ghost fuel cards by unscrupulous employees within the ministry. Parliament’s Committee on Trade,…
Last week, the speaker of parliament, Anita Annet Among, issued a stern warning to moneylenders, threatening to cancel the Memorandums of understanding (MoU) signed between parliament and some moneylenders. Her decision came in response to reports of moneylenders harassing members of parliament (MPs) with exorbitant interest rates. Among expressed her…
President Museveni has left the country for Russian city, St.Petersburg where he will attend the second Russia-Africa summit, State House has said. The forum seeks to promote efforts to strengthen equal cooperation between Russia and African nations across all areas of society including politics, security, economic relations, science , technology,…
President Museveni has instructed his Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to call an emergency meeting to decide the fate of the contract renewal of the top three directors of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). In a July 15 letter to Kampala State Minister Kabuye Kyofatogabye, the President notified the minister to…
In a stunning turn of events, David Livingstone Ebiru, the Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), recently admitted before the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) that he bribed the Board of Directors with shillings 100 million to retain his position. This…
A section of the Male Members of Parliament has launched a new association dubbed Uganda Men Parliament Association (UMEPA) to advocate for the rights of a boy child as well as address some of the challenges they face. While speaking at the launch in Kampala on July 20, Mr Alex…
MPs on the public accounts committee on commissions, statutory authorities, and state enterprises (PAC-COSASE) have resolved to investigate recruitment irregularities in top positions at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Concerns over the lack of national character in the senior positions at the tax body came to the limelight on Friday during…
What you need to know: The leaders openly asked Dr. Besigye to consider returning to an active role in politics. They said that his absence from the political arena has created a noticeable void in all political parties. Rukungiri district leaders belonging to the Forum for Democratic Change party (FDC)…
What you need to know: Poll-related violence and vote theft have become a part of Uganda’s election fabric under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government, but President Museveni recently introduced a new dimension when he wrote a letter describing how flabbergasted he was by the extent to which things deteriorated…
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