Bugweri County MP Abdu Katuntu tasked the Judiciary officials to explain whether they are comfortable with the speed at which disputes before court are handled.
Read more ...According to the budget estimates, Judiciary’s budget has been maintained at Shillings 181.61 billion. Bigirimana told MPs that the allocation is minimal for the institution and has left key activities for the coming financial year not funded. He appealed for an additional allocation of 26.5 billion shillings to purchase cars for judicial officials.
Read more ...Janet Museveni blamed the mishaps of the project on disagreements about the location where the seed secondary schools should be constructed.
Read more ...The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni says that her Ministry faces a risk of not implementing activities worth Shillings 1.68 trillion in the coming financial year 2020/2021 in the face of the declining budget allocation and failure to secure more funding.
Read more ...The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni says that there is a need for a well-funded national project to sustain the provision of free sanitary pads to students across the country.
Read more ...According to a review undertaken by Muwanga on the performance and implementation of the approved budget, it was observed that during the financial year, the Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija approved a supplementary budget of Shillings 1.772 trillion but upon tabling the expenditure before parliament, only 615.7 billion was approved leaving 1.156 trillion unapproved.
Read more ...A garnishee order is a directive by court to allow creditors recover money from a debtor. The order can be carried out by taking money from the debtor’s bank account or from one’s salary.
Read more ...The Auditor General John Muwanga noted that although the government appointed the Investment Advisory Committee (IAC), there is no approved Petroleum Revenue Investment Policy (PRIP) and Investment framework to guide operations of the petroleum revenue.
Read more ...The Electoral Commission requires 796.88 billion Shillings for the organization of the presidential, parliamentary and local council elections during the financial year 2020/2021. The money was supposed to be released in three phases starting this financial year to enable proper and timely implementation of electoral activities.
Read more ...URA has been allocated a budget of Shillings 438.25 billion for the coming financial year 2020/2021 out of the required 635.1 billion leaving a funding gap of 196.8 billion.
Read more ...Without providing details, Akol underscored the need to have the tax policy reviewed since it was not performing well.
Read more ...In her presentation before the Committee, Akol indicated that the tax body requires an additional 75 billion Shillings under Customs Tax Collection to purchase 5 scanners.
Read more ...The Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority, Doris Akol highlighted a number of challenges faced by the tax body among which included the unregulated informal sector which affects expansion of the revenue base, gross under declaration of rental income and inadequate funding to support structural review, skills enhancement and reach in critical areas for example Oil, Gas and Telecoms.
Read more ...The budget performance trend before the committee indicates that the University non-wage budget had only increased from 3.4 billion Shillings in the financial year 2016/2017 to 4.4 billion Shillings in 2018/2019. Dr Picho Odubuker points out that even the 4.4 billion Shillings provided last financial year includes a 1.7 billion Shillings supplementary budget of which only 1 billion Shillings was provided.
Read more ...However, the MPs were reluctant to listen to any more demands from the University official until a full report on the previous allocations is provided. Opolot noted that the university lacks an accounting officer currently.
Read more ...Henry Musasizi, the Chairperson of the Finance Committee was baffled by the appointment of an independent consultant-Ernst & Young to verify the stock of domestic arrears without the involvement of the Auditor General or the Internal Auditor General.
Read more ...Muhakanizi was tasked by Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi together with Lugazi Municipality MP Ssozi Mulindwa to explain the budget deficits and criteria used to pay off mandamus court payments.In his response, Muhakanizi said that top government officials don't heed to his advice on finances.
Read more ...The Secretary to Treasury Keith Muhakanizi on Thursday told Parliament's Finance Committee that Cabinet will discuss the issue of compensation before a final decision is made on the beneficiaries.
Read more ...Bahati told MPs that there is no money in the Petroleum Fund and therefore government cannot appropriate what it does not have.
Read more ...Appearing before the Finance Committee on Wednesday chaired by Rubanda East MP Henry Musasizi, the Minister of State for Finance David Bahati was questioned about the continuous recapitalization of the Bank.
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