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 ...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 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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...It was discovered that out of the 4,000 Shillings, only 500 Shillings is given to each prisoner who offers labour.
Read more ...Police officials led by Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Asan Kasingye and Under Secretary Rogers Muhirwa on Tuesday appeared before the committee to answer audit queries raised in the June 2018 report. During the meeting, PAC Chairperson Nathan Nandala Mafabi asked Muhirwa to confirm the total budget that parliament appropriated to the Force in financial year 2017/2018.
Read more ...Police’s Non-Tax Revenue is generated from express penalties, firearm certificates and guard fees. For the last two financial years, the force collected 23.14 billion Shillings as Non-Tax Revenue, but only remitted 22.5 billion Shillings to the Consolidated Fund.
Read more ...The Buganda Kingdom Lukiiko on Monday received and approved a 121 billion Shillings Budget for the financial year 2019/2020. The budget is up from that of 108 billion for the last financial year 2018/2019.
Read more ...The Kingdom will focus more of its efforts this year on completion a shopping mall at Mirembe Villas, construction of low-cost houses at Sentema, increase the production of Olwendo mineral water, completing the registration process of Buganda Coffee Company, and starting an online newspaper ‘Gambuuze’, among others.
Read more ...Buganda Kingdom Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga told the Lukiiko sitting at Bulange-Mengo today that the recurrent chaos, abuse of alcohol, fights and other vices in the competition are an orchestrated move to destroy the image of the tournament.
Read more ...The bill proposes the registration of farmers capturing details of the size of land, the number of coffee trees and particulars of the farmers, coffee buyers and sellers among others. The bill also proposes that land, where the coffee is to be grown shall be evaluated by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority to determine its suitability for coffee growing.
Read more ...The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has described Amirali Karmali, the proprietor of Mukwano Industries Uganda Limited as a great entrepreneur who executed acts of courage and love for Uganda.
Read more ...The Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary, Robert Kasande said with this outflow of staff, Shillings 2.8 billion of their wages couldn’t be spent.
Read more ...The issue by MPs over the non-payment for the rock by the contractors used in construction of the dam arose from an observation by the Auditor General who noted a number of on-going court cases arising from legal suits by Project Affected Persons (PAPs) against the ministry. The legal suits relate to compensation for subsurface rocks amounting to 389.8 billion shillings as at 30th June 2018.
Read more ...Muwanga noted that apart from Ministry of Defence, other ministries and local governments are still depending on the Ministry of Public Service to verify, assess and upload the pension filed on the system.
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