VIDEO: MPS to investigate Kasekende, Bagyenda wealth Kampala, Uganda | VIDEOS NTV UGANDA | The chairperson of Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises Abdu Katuntu has set up a sub committee to investigate the assets and liabilities of Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende and former …
Read More »MPs summon price water coopers over Crane bank closure
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has summoned auditors of Price Water Coopers (PWC) to explain how they came up with 239 billion shillings under capitalization of Crane Bank Limited. Price Water Coopers auditors were hired by Bank of Uganda to …
Read More »Museveni slams ‘petty’ opposition parties
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has slammed opposition parties for focusing on petty issues rather than critical issues such as prosperity of Ugandans and strategic security and future of Africa. He said this on Wednesday as the Inter Party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) summit opened …
Read More »No crooks with cash
Museveni, MPs plot less money in next election Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni’s ruling NRM party spent Shs13 billion on the 996 national election, Shs30 billion in 2001, Shs50 billion in 2006 billion and Shs75 billion in 2011. In the 2016 elections, some estimates indicate, the ruling …
Read More »MPs query EAC e-passport
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have questioned the move by government to introduce the new international East African electronic passport to replace the current passports. The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Mario Obiga Kania, said that following an East African Community (EAC) directive by Heads of State, the …
Read More »THIS WEEK: MPs talk tough as Bagyenda snubs COSASE hearing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of parliament sitting on the parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) expressed displeasure when they were informed the former executive director in charge of supervision at Bank of Uganda (BoU), Justine Bagyenda had flown out of the country at …
Read More »MPs intervene, aid woman deliver baby at rural health centre
SCOVIA: This is my fourth baby; I am lucky this one has survived. My third born died while I was delivering at home. Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators on the Committee on Health on an oversight visit came to the aid of an expectant mother and helped her …
Read More »COMMENT: Bobi Wine and American Support
Is being linked to Western powers a stunt or sign of the MP’s potential to cause regime change in Uganda? COMMENT | IAN KATUSIIME | Since Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi together with his Canadian lawyer, Robert Amsterdam, had what they dubbed “an international press conference”, in Washington D.C., U.S. on …
Read More »MOTORING: Buy this bullet-proof car for MPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Since President Yoweri Museveni ordered the Ministry of Finance to provide army snipers and bullet-proof escort cars for MPs, the Daily Monitor newspaper has been running stories unpacking the implication of the directive. One of the stories pointed out that the government could end up …
Read More »Mps quiz Accountant General over unspent funds
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament sitting on the Finance Committee have demanded for a comprehensive explanation on the fate of unspent balances that are returned to the consolidated fund. In accordance with the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 all unspent balances as at 30th June are due …
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