Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has directed officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to immediately submit details of the Palm Oil project account and bank statement for Financial Year 2017/2018 up to date. The directive by PAC Chairperson Nathan Nandala Mafabi followed …
Read More »Finance officials grilled over 6.4bn unpaid PAYE
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Privatization Unit on Thursday failed to prove to parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over the non-payment of salary-related taxes to a tune of 6.4 billion Shillings. Led by Finance Ministry Under-Secretary Betty Kasimbazi, the officials and others appeared before the committee …
Read More »PAC directs forensic audit on Namboole stadium
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit on Namboole National Stadium. The directive by PAC Chairperson Nathan Nandala Mafabi followed a submission of a document by the Finance Ministry indicating that Mandela National Stadium has …
Read More »Judiciary stuck with UGX 24bn bail money
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has learnt that the Judiciary is stuck with 24 billion Shillings bail cash. The money has been accumulating over the past years with an average of 5 billion shillings deposited every year on the judiciary’s bank account in Bank …
Read More »PS Kagole asked to produce medical records under CIID watch
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary Permanent Secretary Kagole Kivumbi has found difficulty justifying his absence from a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Tuesday. Kagole told the committee that he missed the planned meeting because of a health emergency. “I most sincerely regret my …
Read More »Judiciary PS skips PAC meeting over audit queries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary Permanent Secretary, Kagole Kivumbi was no show at a meeting convened by the Public Accounts Committee-PAC of Parliament. The committee chaired by the Budadiri West MP, Nathan Nandala Mafabi had summoned Grace Akullo, the Director Criminal Investigations (CID) to take part in …
Read More »PAC tasks Mulago hospital to account for UGX 245M
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee-PAC of parliament has issued a two day’s ultimatum to Mulago National Referral hospital officials to account for more than Shillings 245 million. The committee Chaired by Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the Budadiri West MP issued the ultimatum on Monday afternoon when …
Read More »MPs want public consultations on Roads Bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have raised concern over the failure by the Parliamentary committee on physical infrastructure to consult the public on the roads bill 2016. The Parliamentary committee on physical infrastructure chaired by Robert Kafeero Ssekitoleko approved the proposal to expand road reserves from …
Read More »IGG declines to probe Bugisu Cooperative Union
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Government Irene Mulyagonja has declined to investigate Bugisu Cooperative Union-BCU. In February 2019 the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga asked the IGG to investigate allegations of corruption against the leadership of BCU. Kadaga’s request came after some members of BCU …
Read More »FDC, UPC clash over NRM Links
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Secretary General has tasked Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) to explain its alliance with the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party. Mafabi questioned UPC’s link to NRM during the launch of Political Parties Capacity Support Project, which is supported …
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