The committee chaired by Judith Franca Akello, the Woman Member of Parliament for Agago district has in its findings revealed that the program is suffering from gross corruption tendencies and misuse of public resources perpetrated by accounting officers and engineers in local governments.
Read more ...The affected residents are from the villages of; Kyandaaza, Kigeye and Kateerero located in Byakabanda Sub County. A Kampala based businessman Enoch Rwamirembe is threatening to evict them off the land they have occupied for decades.
Read more ...According to the report, the district was allocated 382.12 million shillings under the Uganda Road Fund program, but the officers could only account for shillings 187 million.
Read more ...David Mujaasi, the chairperson of cattle keepers in Kakuuto County indicates that the Ministry of Security deployed civilian informants at the Uganda-Tanzania border post at Mutukula to provide intelligence on non inspected livestock smuggled into Uganda.
Read more ...In their meeting with a team from of the Ugandan Ministry East Community Affairs at Mutukula border in Kyotera district, Uganda traders have bemoaned the unclear trade restrictions imposed upon them when they attempt to cross with their merchandise into Tanzania. Jenifer Nassiwa, the Vice Chairperson of Mutukula Traders’ Association, has in her report indicated that many traders have incurred losses when their merchandise are denied free movement into Tanzania.
Read more ...The 2018 report by World Vision Office in Rakai district about girl-child rights indicate that a total of 403 children were reported to have been defiled in Rakai district and majority had entered into marriage and got pregnant when they were still below age. According to the report, the school dropout rate in the area stands at 47 percent and the trend is even worse with the number of girls completing secondary school levels.
Read more ...The accident which occurred on Saturday at 12:00 pm after Kinoni trading centre, involved two vehicles a Toyota WISH registration number UBE 124B and a Pajero registration number UB 240K belonging to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.
Read more ...State Minister for East African Community Affairs Julius Maganda Wandera says that they have formed a corroborative partnership towards eliminating all barriers that are frustrating women from effectively engaging in cross-border trade and business.
Read more ...The fifteen-page book titled; “Olukooki Niye Ngamba Yange” loosely translated as ‘Lukooki is My Language, is a compilation of nouns, metaphors, verbs and proverbs, names of animals, numbers and a brief history about Kooki, one of the 18 counties make up Buganda Kingdom.
Read more ...Steven Musinguzi, was suspended following repeated complaints of bribery labeled against him by people who seek police services from him.
Read more ...The leaders led by Godfrey Kayemba, the Masaka Municipality mayor accuse the board on conniving with some unscrupulous people to forge ownership of properties that formerly belonged to the departed Asians who lived in the municipality. Kayemba says that when the Asians were expelled by President Idi Amin in 1972, some of their former properties especially buildings were taken up by Municipal council which went ahead to secure lease titles from relevant authorities that gave municipality a leeway to utilize the assets for public good.
Read more ...Shafick Mwanje, the Excel Salama Foundation delivered the relief food to the starving families on Sunday. He said the food relief is meant to help the hunger stricken families especially of vulnerable elderly persons.
Read more ...Abdul Muyingo, aged 51 a crime preventer in Kitanda sub county, Bukomansimbi was arrested on Friday alongside his wife Maria Namugenyi, a teacher as Kiyanja Primary School in Kitanda sub county.
Read more ...Frank Lugwana, one of the truck drivers says that despite working under immense pressure without lunch they are paid less. He reveals that a driver is paid a monthly salary of Shillings 430,000, which is little and doesn’t come regularly.
Read more ...Kizito blames the Masaka district Land Board and Area Land Committees of deliberately conniving to facilitate issuing of irregular titles over the Kingdom’s Mailo land located in the area.
Read more ...Masaka Kitabiro Public Library was established in 2000, by Reverend Father Peter Bakka, to serve mainly students from low-income families and teachers from poorly facilitated schools around Masaka district.
Read more ...Joseph Kalungi, the former Masaka LC V Chairperson, says they expected to complete the construction work in 2017 and vacate the Buddu County headquarters, which is under Buganda Kingdom that they have occupied for decades.
Read more ...Recently, Sembabule district received 86 sacks of cassava cuttings for distribution to farmers under the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC, a government program aimed at enhancing household participation in commercial agriculture.
Read more ...Peter Kaali, a prominent fisherman at Kasensero landing site accuses their Tanzanian counterparts of mistreating them whenever they find them on the waters.
Read more ...Bishop Kaggwa currently serving as the Diocesan Apostolic Administrator says they require over four hundred million shillings to organize a worthwhile event.
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