Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The current system of funding the judiciary is inconsistent with the law, the Constitutional Court has ruled. In a judgment delivered on Friday, the final member panel of the Constitutional Court Justices, say funding of the judiciary an independent arm of government through the …
Read More »LOP urges Budget Committee to approve special audit on unspent balances
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Betty Aol Ocan has asked the Budget Committee to approve her proposal for a special audit of the Consolidated Fund. She says the special audit should be undertaken with the “purpose of ascertaining the extent of unspent …
Read More »Justice Ministry officials grilled over unspent UGX 448.7m
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ministry have failed to justify the return of 448.7 million shillings to the Consolidated Fund at the close of the financial year 2017/2018. The officials led by Solicitor General Francis Atoke were on Thursday appearing before the Public …
Read More »PAC grills defense officials over UGX 1.7 Billion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The return of shillings 1.7 billion that was meant for pensioners to the consolidated fund by the Defense Ministry in the 2017/2018 financial year has irked members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The issue came to the fore on Thursday during an interface between …
Read More »UNRA returns UGX 3bn to treasury
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA returned 3.4 billion shillings to the consolidated fund at the end of the 2018/2019 financial year. UNRA head of finance and Accounts, Kwesiga Brazza explains that the authority failed to spend 3.4 billion shillings due to failure to recruit new …
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