Stories :: User: Olive Nakatudde :: Accepted date: January 2019

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• Kadaga Summons Otafiire over Delays in Electoral Reforms

  16 Jan 2019, 18:09 Comments 297 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  Kadaga noted that she had previously reminded the government to bring the necessary electoral legislation so that the institution handles them in time to avoid a stampede. She expressed disappointment to Otafiire who she said has continued to the remain silent on the matter despite the publication of the 2021 general elections road map by the Electoral Commission.

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• Kadaga Tasks IGP on Vigilance After Attack in Kenya

  16 Jan 2019, 17:14 Comments 269 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  The attack was claimed by Al-Shabab, an Islamist extremist group with ties to Al Qaeda, which has carried out many attacks across the East African region in recent years. The same group claimed responsibility for the July 2010 bombings in Uganda, and a series of attacks that have ripped through Kenya over the years.

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• MPs Reject UGX 250 Billion for Namanve Land

  15 Jan 2019, 19:07 Comments 259 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  Led by the State Minister for Planning David Bahati and the acting UIA Executive Director Lawrence Byensi, officials from UIA appeared before the committee chaired by Rubanda East MP Henry Musasizi to present their budget framework paper for financial year 2019/2020. In their budget estimates, UIA noted absence of 259 billion Shillings required by the authority to purchase land.

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• Katuntu to Continue Chairing BoU Probe Top story

  15 Jan 2019, 17:55 Comments 314 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  Addressing journalists on Tuesday afternoon, the Leader of Opposition, Betty Aol declined to divulge details of their discussions with the Speaker on the COSASE leadership dispute, saying the speaker would communicate.

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• MPs Reject UBOS Proposal to Conduct Census in 2022

  15 Jan 2019, 16:40 Comments 225 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  The last national household and population census was carried out in 2014 and the custom is to hold a census every 10 years.

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• Parliament Week; Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service in Pictures

  15 Jan 2019, 08:28 Comments 240 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Slideshow

  During the rest of the week, several activities aimed at bringing members of the public closer to Parliament have been outlined. Anyone who needs to meet their representatives in Parliament, can use this opportunity as part of the meet your MP sessions. Also planned is a panel discussion involving local council chairpersons, and an exhibition showcasing the works of different Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

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• Kadaga to Name and Shame Corrupt Officials Top story

  14 Jan 2019, 16:30 Comments 518 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  Kadaga said that she will not protect any corrupt leader regardless of their political affiliation adding that there should be no reason for leaders to swindle public resources.

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• COSASE Seeks Unedited Bank of Uganda CCTV Footage

  10 Jan 2019, 18:21 Comments 355 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  The Central Banks Security Director Milton Opio said that what the MPs had viewed was the edited version of the CCTV footage. He explained that the unedited footage shows that there could have been a well calculated move that involved lengthy and endless phone calls and suspicious movements within the precincts of the bank.

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• Debate on Administration of Judiciary Bill Deferred

  9 Jan 2019, 19:40 Comments 331 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  The bill seeks to provide for and strengthen the independence of the Judiciary. The proposed law is meant to operationalize articles in the constitution that deal with the Judiciary as an independent arm of government.

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• BoU Legal Department Not Consulted on Crane Bank Sale Top story

  9 Jan 2019, 17:57 Comments 464 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  The accusation came after reports that Bagyenda engaged external lawyers from MMAKs Advocates to offer financial advisory services on the closure of Crane Bank Limited without the involvement of the Legal Department in Bank of Uganda.

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• Oulanyah Asks Committees to Expedite Budget Process

  9 Jan 2019, 17:54 Comments 317 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  The framework paper, containing budget proposals for the next financial year was presented to parliament by the Minister of State for planning David Bahati last week. It indicates a proposed increment in the national budget of 4.9 percent from this financial years budget of 32.7 trillion Shillings to 34.3 trillion shillings.

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• Bagyenda Admits Documents Were Ferried Out of BoU

  9 Jan 2019, 16:52 Comments 323 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  Appearing before the committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises COSASE on Wednesday, Bagyenda was tasked to explain what was contained in the bags and boxes that were carried out of the Central Bank by her aides.

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• COSASE Queries BoU Payment to MMAKs Advocates

  9 Jan 2019, 07:00 Comments 324 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  Katuntu said that the Bank of Uganda Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile will be required to return to the committee to explain the basis of paying the law firm without any documentation in relation to the services they offered.

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• I am Not Dying to Head COSASE – Katuntu Top story

  8 Jan 2019, 13:55 Comments 448 Views Parliament Report

  Katuntu and his deputy Anita Among, the Bukedea Woman MP dropped as Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the committee respectively by the Forum for Democratic Change FDC party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat. They were replaced with Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa as Chairperson and Rubaga North MP Moses Kasibante as Vice Chairperson.

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• Domestic Arrears, Taxes, Sink KCCA into Debt

  7 Jan 2019, 18:41 Comments 261 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  According to the newly released Auditor Generals report for the year ended December 2018, KCCA accumulated domestic arrears to a tune of 43.88 billion Shillings as at June 30, 2018 and failed to remit 20.74 billion Shillings of Pay as You Earn P.A.Y.E and 676.6 million Shillings in Value Added Tax VAT to Uganda Revenue Authority.

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• Govt Loses UGX 865 Billion to Financial Indiscipline

  4 Jan 2019, 19:06 Comments 488 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  The Auditor General says that as a result of inadequate financial controls, a number of government agencies are overriding financial controls resulting in mischarging of expenditure, wasteful expenditure, and payments for undisclosed domestic arrears, among others.

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• Auditor General Reveals UGX 28 Billion Loss in YLP

  4 Jan 2019, 15:22 Comments 423 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  The Auditor General found that almost 64 percent of the sampled youth projects, consisting of 71 percent value of loans, were non-existent and another 25 percent had reportedly embezzled the funds.

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• Uganda's Public Debt Hits UGX 41.5 Trillion Top story

  4 Jan 2019, 13:44 Comments 595 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  The Auditor General John Muwanga said that the government would require more than 65 percent of the total revenue collections to service loans as projected in the next financial year 2019/2020.

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