The comments follow a recent oversight visit to different settlements hosting thousands of refugees mostly from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uganda hosts up to 1.2 million refugees.
Read more ...Okupa questioned the competencies of those appointed to the board, saying the process wasn’t transparent and it is allegedly one the reasons behind the delayed commencement of commercial flights by the two CRJ900 aircrafts purchased at Shillings 280 billion secured through a supplementary budget.
Read more ...The Minister of Works and Transport, Eng. Monica Azuba says that the Uganda National Airlines will commence its first commercial flights in August because it has not yet acquired an operating certificate.
Read more ...Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has told parliament that Idah Erios Nantaba, the Information, Communication and Technology State Minister is not under house arrest.
Read more ...The Uganda Coffee Federation (UCF) has proposed that the registration of farmers be conducted by value chain actors through their affiliated groups instead of Government registering them.
Read more ...The proposals contained in the Traffic and Road Safety (Amendment) Bill, 2019 push for an increase in fines and penalties for traffic offences including a ten year jail time for death from reckless driving.
Read more ...According to the Gender Minister, Peace Mutuuzo Regis, the money is needed to support the department of employment to facilitate the establishment of a one-stop centre for all Government agencies involved in clearance and support of Migrant workers.
Read more ...Following Oulanyah’s communication, the Shadow Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Medard Lubega Sseggona questioned the continued creation of districts and their related astronomical administrative costs.
Read more ...Nandala demanded that Kasiita avails the committee a letter authorizing them to over spend on domestic arrears and the activities that were affected by the reallocation of the funds.
Read more ...During the meeting, the committee noted several anomalies and inconsistencies in the books of accounts presented by the prison officials. The committee also noted that the Prison authorities had spent above the Shillings 203 billion allocated.
Read more ...The facility according to the design will have big sized prison wards and 30 cells all fitted with modern sanitary facilities with a fully-fledged medical wing, complete with an inpatient section and isolation rooms for contagious diseases.
Read more ...Chris Baryomunsi , the State Minister for Housing says the Uganda Communications Commission has taken note of the offensive statement by Pastor Bugingo and is studying the footages.
Read more ...The National Audit Act, 2008, provides for the auditing of the accounts of the Office of the Auditor-General by an auditor appointed by Parliament. Only firms that have not worked with OAG for the past three years are eligible to bid for the position of the independent auditor.
Read more ...Florence Namboozo, the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on HIV and Aids says, after through scrutiny of the operations of the facility, the committee members deem it is appropriate for the health facility to be awarded a University status and also be budgeted for by the Ministry of health to ensure its services are upgraded.
Read more ...Luzira prisons originally owned 392.996 acres of land. Out of these, Uganda Land Commission (ULC) gave out 116.476 acres to various developers, leaving a total of 276.52 acres as land that that remained occupied the Prison. But in 2014, the Department of Surveys and Mapping established that the acreage of the available land for Luzira was only 169.828 acres.
Read more ...The Bill among other things seeks to amend the Succession Act, 1906 to conform to the Constitution of Uganda for gender equality and also repeal unconstitutional provisions, to eliminate discrimination regarding customary heirs and heiresses and to protect principal residential property of the surviving spouse.
Read more ...The university identified food and accommodation allowances as a lesser priority compared to the other unfunded areas. In the changes, 285 million Shillings was diverted from the allowances vote and allocated to the dental school. Another 1. 8 billion Shillings was allocated towards equipping the Library while 1.5 billion Shillings was allocated to the renovation of toilets in the halls of residence.
Read more ...It was discovered that out of the 4,000 Shillings, only 500 Shillings is given to each prisoner who offers labour.
Read more ...According to the Bank of Uganda act, the Central Bank Governor who is also the most senior officer in the bank also chairs the board of directors and deputized by the Deputy Governor. The other members are the Secretary to the Treasury and directors from different departments in the bank.
Read more ...According to the report, out of the 3.8 trillion shillings of the approved budget for UNRA, the authority set aside 430 billion shillings for lawsuits against it, most of which were land-related.
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