Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has granted bail to two District Engineers attached to the Office of the Prime Minister who were remanded a day earlier on charges of abuse of office and Corruption. The two are Dathan Nuwagaba Kahima, the Project Engineering Officer …
Read More »OPM sends relief food to Nodding Syndrome families in Omoro
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has donated 30,000 kilograms of relief food to aid families battling the nodding syndrome disease in Omoro district. The food consignment includes 20,000 kilograms of maize flour and 10,000 kilograms of beans. The food relief will be distributed …
Read More »OPM delivers iron sheets to victims of Karamojong attacks in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least forty families in Agago district whose huts were burnt by suspected Karamojong warriors have each received 30 pieces of iron sheets as compensation. The 1,200 pieces of iron sheets were delivered by the Office of the Prime Minister this week. They were distributed …
Read More »Six OPM staff granted bail
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has granted bail to six officials from the Office of the Prime Minister accused of embezzlement of funds meant for the Karamoja Peace Initiative project. They are Deogratious Masigazi, the Under Secretary/head of the Pacification and Development Program, Joshua Abaho, …
Read More »OPM: Six OPM staff arested by IGG over new Sh11 billion Karamoja scandal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six members of staff from the Office of the Prime Minister have been remanded to prison for alleged embezzlement of sh11 billion under Karamoja’s Peace Initiative. The six are Deogratious Masigazi, the Under Secretary/head of the Pacification and Development Program, Joshua Abaho, the Senior Assistant …
Read More »Keith Muhakanizi; end of an era
The quintessential public servant and free market intellectual Uganda will miss THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Tragedies rarely come in a trickle but in a flood. And so it was that on Wednesday last week, I heard of the death of my former lecturer and friend, John Ntambirweki. Then on …
Read More »OPM, EU donate to Karamoja police
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Prime Minister and the European Union under the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU) augmented police operations in the Karamoja sub-region with several donations. As part of this donation, DINU has constructed seven police posts and staff quarters in the districts …
Read More »Minister Kitutu apologises for mismanaging Karamoja iron sheets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Karamoja Affairs, Mary Goretti Kitutu has apologised over management of iron sheets meant for Karamoja region. Kitutu who was on Friday, 03 March 2023 appearing before the Committee on Presidential Affairs admitted that the iron sheets meant for the vulnerable people of …
Read More »Army cited in Karamoja food saga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has been cited in the alleged mismanagement of relief food meant for the people of Karamoja. According to the Committee on Presidential Affairs that is currently investigating the alleged misuse of Karamoja relief items including iron sheets, goats and maize …
Read More »KASAIJA: I did not apply for Karamoja iron sheets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has defended himself as “innocent” in the Karamoja iron sheets scandal that has sucked in several ministers. Kasaija said that whereas he received iron sheets from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), he did not …
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