Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is high in Moroto district following a decision by Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema, the head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit to pitch camp in Karamoja. Information about Nakalema’s visit to Karamoja region started trickling in last week. Tension was already high by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of staff at Wakiso Ministerial Zonal Land Office and other people whose properties were confiscated by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit are still waiting to get their items, nine months later. The unit led by Lt Col Edith Nakalema raided the office …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court has remanded three officials of MTK Uganda Limited, a private firm on corruption related charges. MTK specializes in Animal health, Human health, Public health and Crop Protection. The officials are Fiona Migadde Kitaka, the Chief Executive Officer MTK Uganda Limited, Dr. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has charged two officials of the Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board with embezzlement of funds. They are Edgar Gerald Agaba the Chief Executive Officer and John Patrick Kazoora the Manager in Charge of Finance Administration. Prosecution alleges that Agaba and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investigations into the extra cargo that was loaded on a Bank of Uganda (BoU) chattered plane have been extended to currency centres in Mbale, Kabale and Fort Portal. A Senior detective at the Criminal Investigations Department has intimated to Uganda Radio Network (URN), that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Criminal Investigations Director Grace Akullo has taken control of investigations on a procurement scandal involving top officials in the Central Bank. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga said Akullo has been assigned to ensure that the investigation is thoroughly conducted to leave no stone …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Ugandans continue to digest what could have happened with the Bank of Uganda currency printing recently, a few details are trickling in. An official at the central bank says what alarmed the central bank is the extra cargo aboard the chartered plane that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several officials from the Bank of Uganda and the Civil Aviation Authority are being questioned following an anomaly with a consignment belonging to the central bank. According to a Statement issued by the Central Bank Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile the investigation is in relation …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several officials from the Bank of Uganda and the Civil Aviation Authority are being questioned following an anomaly with a consignment belonging to the central bank. In a statement this afternoon, signed by the Governor Emmanuel Mutebile, The Central Bank didn’t mention the officials but …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Edwin Keronga has been appointed Managing Director of PostBank Uganda Limited, following the resignation of Stephen Mukweli. Mukweli who has been the bank’s Managing Director since the early 2000s, handed in his resignation to the bank’s board chairman Grace Bakunda on Friday, a day …
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