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 leadership of Banyakole Kweterana Cooperative Union is on the spot for alleged misappropriation of Shillings 300million. The implicated are Emmanuel Natukunda the Chairperson of the Union, Andrew Kagwa, the Treasurer, and General Manager Nelson Niwahabwa, lawyer Isaac Kato, and Operations officer Elias Rwobusingye. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament during plenary on Wednesday, 09 March 2022 unanimously ordered for a forensic audit of the government-owned Soroti Fruit Factory and suspension of its Chief Executive Officer. The audit, to be completed within four weeks, will also cover the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC), the supervisor of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new audit report released by the Auditor General has revealed 536.5 billion Shillings for 36 government projects has not been absorbed. This is highlighted in the audit report for the financial year 2020/2021 presented to the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among on Wednesday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Auditor-General has unearthed mismanagement of 1.97 trillion Shillings appropriated by Parliament to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. These funds were disbursed to Ministries, Departments and Agencies-MDAs under the Emyooga programme, Microfinance Support Centre, Uganda Development Bank (UDB), and Uganda Development Corporation (UDC), among others. According …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Finance Committee has pinned the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) over unaudited accounts of classified expenditures, amounting Shs6.8 trillion. Lawmakers who were receiving the 2022/2023 budget of the OAG from the Auditor General, John Muwanga on Monday, also accused the audit body of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have called for an audit into Kampala Capital City Authority’s (KCCA) expenditure of the Shs3 billion allocated for rehabilitation, removal, tracing and resettlement of Karimojong children on the streets of Kampala. While meeting KCCA officials, led by the Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, the Committee on …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Economic Monitoring, Peter Ogwang has demanded for a special audit into the ongoing construction works at the new Jinja district headquarter premises located in Buwenge town council. While inspecting the different government infrastructural projects in Jinja district on Wednesday, Ogwang …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA councillors are calling for an audit into the operations of firms contracted to collect garbage. The decision was taken during a meeting between the KCCA Standing Committee of Public Health and the three companies; Homklin Company Limited, Nabugabo Updeal and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-Local Government has recommended a forensic audit of the 53 Billion Shillings COVID-1 relief cash. This is after the committee chaired by Bar dege- Layibi MP Martin Ojara Mapenduzi uncovered gross irregularities. The joint parliamentary team, comprising the Public and Local Government …
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