Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament who sit on the Public Accounts Committee (Central) have tasked the interdicted Mulago National Referral Hospital Executive Director, Dr Byarugaba Baterana, to explain the hospital’s failure to absorb Shs4 billion meant for salaries of new staff. The Auditor General’s report for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee-PAC have faulted Kawempe National Referral Hospital management for unlawfully reallocating 36.870 million Shillings. The anomaly was confirmed by Dr. Nehemiah Katusiime Arwanire, the Executive Director of the hospital while appearing on Wednesday before the MPs who are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee (PAC)-Central Government has thrown out Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital officials for failure to provide several accounting documents. The officials appeared Tuesday before the committee led by the hospital director, Dr. Petersen Kyebambe to respond to audit queries in the Auditor General’s report …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Justice Forum party-JEEMA is mooting for a proportional representation electoral system to promote equality in the elections. The Proportional Representation-PR is an electoral system where the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the votes received by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)-Central Government is investigating the excess funds that were released by the Ministry of Finance to regional referral hospitals for gratuity in the last financial year. The matter stems from the June 2021 audit report in which Auditor General John Muwanga …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has observed that government institutions are using the COVID-19 pandemic to justify the mismanagement of public funds. The observation was made during a meeting on Thursday between the committee and officials from the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), as part …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition Members of Parliament have endorsed Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa, and Kioga County MP Moses Okot Bitek, for the position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively. This was during their caucus meeting on Thursday chaired by the Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament will on Thursday front a candidate for the speakership race. This follows a Shadow Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday in which Bugiri Municipality MP, Asuman Basalirwa expressed his interest in the position. Different political parties are currently going through a process …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Juliet Nayiga, the news editor of UBC Radio took to the stand on Thursday afternoon as the first witness in a case in which the jailed Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya is accused of inciting violence. The state accuses Ssegirinya alias Mr Update of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators whose election to the 10th Parliament has been queried by the Supreme Court say that it is government and the Electoral Commission that need to be held accountable. The Supreme Court last week upheld the Constitutional Court decision and ruled that six legislators representing …
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