Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Luweero district leaders have rejected a surveillance report that placed Luweero under COVID-19 high-risk districts. The report, by the Ministry of Health, indicates that at least 25 cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Luweero district, in recent weeks. As a result, the district is listed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A disagreement has erupted between Luweero District Chairman Ronald Ndawula and Katikamu North Member of Parliament Abraham Byandala over the proposed construction of Luweero Hospital. Doctor Henry Mwebesa, the Acting Director General of Health Services announced that Government had elevated Luweero Health Center IV to …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Former Minister of Works and Transport Engineer Abraham Byandala has defended himself before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala for his alleged role in the Mukono-Katosi road saga that saw government lose over Sh24 billion to contractor. Byandala and six others are accused of embezzling the …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The head of the Anti-Corruption Court Justice Lawrence Gidudu has ordered former Works Minister Eng. Abraham Byandala and six others to defend themselves against charges of causing government a Sh24.7 billion loss of funds meant to upgrade the Mukono- Katosi-Nyenga road in 2013. Justice Gidudu on …
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THIS WEEK: Ex Minister Byandala has a case to answer Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former works minister Ibrahim Byandala has been for a year battling cases to do with embezzlement at the anti-corruption court in Kampala. On Oct.02, the Inspectorate of Government’s Director of Legal Affairs Sarah Birungi …
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Political attacks worry Museveni’s cabinet: Observers say government is to blame over the growing political intolerance Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | Simeo Nsubuga, the Kasanda South Legislator is a short, small man with a gift of speech. This gift most likely earned him the parliamentary seat. But it appears …
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Former Works Minister Abraham Byandala on Tuesday attempted to attack a journalist before he appeared at the Anti-Corruption Court for his trial over the Mukono-Katosi road saga. This is the second time the former minister is caught on camera, hitting out at a journalist. Last year, he was filmed hitting …
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Hearing in a case in which former works minister and MP Katikamu North Eng.Abraham Byandala and five others are accused of causing financial loss of over sh24.7b meant for the upgrade of Mukono-Katosi road, resumed on Tuesday. A records assistant in the Ministry of Works and Transport Hellen Kabagenyi told the Anti-corruption Court …
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A Grade one Magistrate at the anti-corruption court has this morning granted Abraham Byandala bail. Byandala is the former Transport Minister and the current Minister without Portfolio. Together with six others, he was ordered to pay ten million shillings in cash and deposit his passport. The sureties to his bail …
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Eng. Abraham Byandala, the minister without portfolio appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala yesterday to answer charges in connection with the Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga road corruption scandal. Byandala who is the former minister of works and transport appeared in court alongside four others who have been implicated in the scandal where …
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