Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 271 cases of investor fraud have been recorded by the State House Investors’ Protection Unit (SHIPU) online portal since its launch five months ago. Edith Nakalema, the State House Investors’ Protection Unit commander who was speaking about the one year since SHIPU was established, …
Read More »State House Protection Unit asked to be tough on investors, officials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU) has been asked to rein in investors and government officials who break laws and investment procedures. This was during a meeting between the Head of the State House Investors Protection Unit, Col. Edith Nakalema, and communication officers …
Read More »Nakalema orders Police to deploy on church land in Mukono
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Head of State House Anti-Corruption Unit, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema has instructed the Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Stephen Tanui to deploy police on the Kisowera Church land in Mukono District. Nakalema issued the directives on Saturday after visiting Nakanyonyi and Kisowera parish church land where Mukono …
Read More »Touching the ‘untouchables’
Can Lt. Col. Nakalema do it? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For almost two years now since she was appointed to head the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema has been a busy woman crisscrossing the country in her fight against corrupt public officials. Nakalema, who was …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Touching the ‘untouchables’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Touching the untouchables: Can Lt. Col Nakalema do it? THE LAST WORD Lessons on poverty from COVID: Why measuring poverty using income is misleading and why we need to switch to using wealth …
Read More »Pain of Middle East jobs
Why government faces dilemma in fighting human trafficking Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | When Bernadette Akampurira went to Jordan, an Arab country in the Middle East region, in search of the proverbial green pastures in March last year, she was hopeful. She was one of the thousands of Ugandans …
Read More »BoU’s printing money saga
Behind Nakalema, Akullo investigation Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | At 10am on June 12 Col. Edith Nakalema, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Grace Akullo and their team arrived at Bank of Uganda (BoU). Nakalema who is the head of the Anti-corruption Unit-State House and Akullo who is the …
Read More »BoU multi-billion currency saga
What went wrong? Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | “This is a serious issue,” muttered Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile when he heard about at it. A plane chartered to transport new currency notes to Uganda from France had on April 27 landed at Entebbe Airport with cargo not …
Read More »State House Anti-Corruption unit confirms raid on BOU
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has confirmed they grilling several Bank of Uganda officials in relation to an investigation of a dubious recent procurement. Media in Kampala are reporting the investigation is about a recent procurement of new currency notes. Reports indicate there was extra …
Read More »Fights at Posta Uganda
MD accused of recruiting relatives, forging financial statements and failing to comply with government’s development plan Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The Managing Director for Uganda Posta Limited, James Arinaitwe, is caught up in a fight to secure a ‘third term’ following the expiry of his contract last month, …
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