Tag Archives: corruption

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Resident District Commissioners-RDCs in Teso are up in arms against District Service Commissions-DSCs for allegedly extorting money from desperate job seekers. The RDCs say that it has become a habit for DSC officials in their respective districts to mint cash from applicants seeking employment. According …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, has spoken out on the President’s warning to MPs that have made allegations of corruption against the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero. Presiding over the plenary sitting on Thursday, 11 November 2021, Oulanyah said the President’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned a section of people currently ‘shaking and attacking’ his Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero to back off, lest they face his wrath. The audibly furious president spent 10 minutes of his speech during the Science, …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bukwo district in Sebei sub region, Eastern Uganda have arrested the acting hospital administrator, David Sorowon for alleged corruption and mismanaging of money meant for the construction of the hospital mortuary. Sorowon who is currently being detained at Bukwo Central Police Station was …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Gakyaro, the Masaka deputy city clerk, and Martin Kigozi, the city senior physical planner are on the spot over their alleged involvement in the creation of plots in road reserves. The Masaka city Roads Committee has unanimously resolved to formally petition the Inspector General of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dolo has urged Christian lawyers to shun corruption and be ambassadors of justice and the rule of law. He says it is undeniable that there is corruption in the judiciary and wondered if Christian lawyers can be exonerated from the vice. Speaking …

Johannesburg, S.A | Xinhua | South Africa’s Pietermaritzburg high court on Tuesday dismissed former president Jacob Zuma’s petition seeking to remove state prosecutor Billy Downer from his corruption trial. This judgment means that his corruption trial would begin on April 11, next year at the same court. Zuma’s legal team filed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have passed a motion urging government to rein in on the surging moral decadence in the country. The motion was moved by Dr Nsaba Buturo, the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Forum on Ethics and Morality. MPs across the divide further cited corruption and sexual …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has launched an Electronic Court Case Management Information System-ECCMIS. The system once rolled out at the beginning of the new Law Year, 2022, is expected to reduce contact between the litigating public and court staff, a move that is expected to curb corruption. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Government (IGG), Beti Olive Kamya has appealed to the Speaker of Parliament to create a select committee that can urgently consider a backlog of ombudsman reports that have not been scrutinized by the House. Kamya together with her deputies; Anne Twinomugisha Muhairwe …