Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police –IGP Martin Ochola has directed the Crime Intelligence Unit to keep watch on police patrollers for alleged bribery. Ochola wants the Crime Intelligence Unit that is under the Command of Assistant Commissioner of Police –ACP Thomas Kasimo to monitor all …
Read More »Makerere finally reinstates Nawangwe’s former PA into university service
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has finally reinstated Elias Nuwagaba, the former personal assistant to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe. Nuwagaba had spent 17months out of university service following his dismissal on May 23rd, 2018 by the University Appointments Board for alleged extortion and bribery. However, …
Read More »Bribery in health 50% down
Health Monitoring Unit responsible but experts say it could be a problem | Heather Marquette, Caryn Peiffer and Rosita Armytage | In September 2017 Uganda’s Minister of Health, Dr Sarah Opendi, disguised herself in a hijab and travelled by boda boda (motorbike taxi) to Naguru Hospital in Kampala. The minister …
Read More »Hong Kong ex-official Patrick Ho convicted in US over bribery scheme
New York, United States | AFP | Hong Kong’s former home affairs secretary Patrick Ho Chi Ping was convicted by a New York court Wednesday over a multimillion dollar bribery scheme in Africa on behalf of a top Chinese energy company. Ho, 69, was convicted by a jury of seven …
Read More »The Magistrate bribery case adjourned to March 16
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Anti-Corruption Court Grade One Magistrate Patricia Amoko Thursday ordered both the Inspectorate of Government, and the Defence lawyers in the Corruption case against a Nakawa Court Grade Two Magistrate Agnes Napiyo, to put their houses in order and come back to Court on March 16, …
Read More »Kutesa’s dodgy deals
How American bribery case sucked in Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa is likely to come under fire from Parliament following exposure of a deal in which he received a dodgy “donation” of US$500,000 (Approx. Shs1.8 billion) from a Chinese NGO cum think tank. The …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Kutesa’s dodgy deals
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY Kutesa’s dodgy deals: How American bribery case sucked in Museveni. THE LAST WORD The meaning of Muntu’s defeat: How Besigye’s hold over FDC has undermined its pretence to be a vehicle for democracy. AFRICA …
Read More »Chad denies US claim its president took oil bribe
N’Djamena, Chad | AFP | Chad’s government on Tuesday denied allegations by US investigators that President Idriss Deby received a $2 million (1.7 million euros) bribe for oil rights in the country. “Faced with this umpteenth false allegation, the government of Chad formally refutes this shameful fabrication,” the government said in …
Read More »Chinese oil giant and Chad deny Africa bribery scheme after US probe
Shanghai, China | AFP | Top Chinese oil company CEFC China Energy on Tuesday denied any involvement in an alleged multi-million dollar bribery scandal that US investigators say helped the giant win business advantages in Africa. US officials announced Monday that they had arrested Hong Kong’s former home affairs secretary and …
Read More »US arrests two Chinese oil company reps in Africa bribery scheme
Washington, United States | AFP | US authorities have arrested Hong Kong’s former home affairs secretary and the ex-foreign minister of Senegal for leading a multimillion dollar bribery scheme in Africa on behalf of a top Chinese energy company, with some deals arranged in the halls of the United Nations. …
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