By Mubatsi Asinja Habati & Joshua Masinde Some receptionists earn higher salary than govt doctors When Shs 900 million was stolen from under the bed of now interdicted National Forestry Authority (NFA) executive director Damian Akankwasa, the question was how he could have earned such big money when he is …
Read More »Report shows how govt lost Shs 452 billion in Umeme deal
Report shows how govt lost Shs 452 billion in Umeme deal – Who is to blame? By Andrew M. Mwenda | When General Salim Saleh presented the report of his investigations into the high cost of electricity in Uganda to Energy Minister Hillary Onek on October 5, the focus was …
Read More »Government should fund Entebbe Airport upgrade
By Okodan Akwap Entebbe International Airport certainly needs to be upgraded to a level that can help us deal with some of the debilitating effects of our being a landlocked nation. But when you listen to the ongoing arguments over this matter you realise with dismay that, once again, many …
Read More »Govt to spend Shs 100bn on LC-I and II salaries
By Obed K. Katureebe Amount is half the budget of Local Govt Ministry In early May 2009, President Yoweri Museveni summoned all the district chairpersons and their chief administrative officers (CAO) to a retreat at the Kyankwanzi Institute of Leadership. While the attendance was broadly national, the setting was clearly …
Read More »What govt wastage costs the country
By Melina Platas, Obed K. Katureebe & John Njoroge Shs 80 billion spent on cars every year President Yoweri Museveni’s motorcade has not less than 40 vehicles, and every year the convoy grows a little longer. As the first citizen, Museveni’s convoy comprises an executive limousine, an executive 4WD off-roader, …
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