The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s Finance Minister Henry Rotich and other treasury officials were arrested Monday on corruption and fraud charges over a multi-million dollar project to build two mega dams, police said. Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji had ordered the arrest and prosecution of Rotich and 27 other …
Read More »S.Africa’s Zuma bats away graft inquiry questions
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Former South African president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday rebuffed all accusations of wrongdoing on his second day of testimony at an inquiry into corruption under his rule. Zuma said he and his family had received death threats after his first day at the judicial inquiry being held in Johannesburg. …
Read More »S.Africa’s Zuma to testify at graft scandal inquiry
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South African former president Jacob Zuma is due on Monday to make a much-anticipated appearance before an inquiry into alleged corruption after previous witnesses gave damning evidence against him. Zuma is accused of overseeing mass looting of state funds during his nine-year reign before …
Read More »Sweden rejects Chinese embezzlement extradition request
Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Sweden’s top court on Tuesday rejected a Beijing extradition request for a Chinese man accused of economic crimes because of risks of persecution and the death penalty in China. Qiao Jianjun, a former official of the Chinese state grain administration, is wanted by Beijing under a …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: BOU’s ‘money printing’ saga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY BoU’s printing money saga: Behind Nakalema, Akullo investigation THE LAST WORD The tyranny of expert advice: Why Africans need to look beyond the oversimplification of our development challenges HEALTH Hepatitis B in Uganda: …
Read More »Three local gov’t officials face trial for embezzling UGX 222 Million
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three senior officials from the Local Government Ministry are facing the Anti-corruption court over corruption-related offences. They are Issa Gumonye, the Assistant Commissioner for Urban Administration, Prossy Nampijja, a Senior Urban Officer and Ronald Mbala, an Urban Officer. The three officers are accused of …
Read More »BoU officials charged, remanded
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court has remanded two Bank of Uganda officials on charges of corruption and abuse of office. The two are Francis Kakeeto, the Assistant Director Mbale Currency Centre and Fred Wanyama Vito, the BoU verification officer. Prosecution alleges that the suspects on April, …
Read More »Sudan’s Bashir to appear in court on graft charge: prosecutor
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is to appear in court next week to face charges of corruption and illegal possession of foreign currency, the acting prosecutor general announced on Saturday. The announcement came more than two months after the military overthrew Bashir following mass nationwide protests …
Read More »Thousands protest price hikes, corruption in Liberia.
Monrovia, Liberia | AFP | Thousands of people took to the streets of Liberia’s capital Monrovia Friday to protest rising prices and corruption, posing a key political test for President George Weah. The football icon is being challenged over the same issues on which he campaigned in his rise to …
Read More »Local gov’t accounts committee unearths rot in management of road funds
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members on the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on Local Governments have unearthed corruption tendencies in the management of road funds. In 2010, through an Act of Parliament, government established the Uganda Road Fund-URF to operate as a Second Generation fund to cater for routine …
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