Tag Archives: Ojara Mapenduzi

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) has recommended that the Secretary to the Treasury (PSST) should hold the accounting officers personally liable, for authorizing advances that were unaccounted for. Citing Kole District Local Government, the committee recommended that the accounting officer and the chief …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Local Government, Victoria Rusoke Busingye, has undertaken to fight the abuse of office and misuse of funds among other irregularities plaguing operations of local governments. Busingye was responding to the Public Accounts Local Government Committee report presented to Parliament of its …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee-Local Government have accused the Mbarara District Chief Administrative Officer, Edward Kasagara and the Principal Human resource officer Allan Kagaba of causing financial loss. The two are accused of failing to deduct more than five million shillings of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake has through his lawyers questioned the jurisdiction of the ongoing probe into his conduct. This is in line with the investigations by the Rules, Privileges and Discipline committee into Zaake’s alleged misconduct and use of unparliamentary language on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the Bardege-Layibi Division member of parliament has filed a notice with the Clerk to Parliament seeking the removal of Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake from the office of the Parliamentary Commission. “Pursuant to Rule 56 (1) and 110 of the Rules of Procedure …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu city officials are under investigation for mismanaging the operations and revenue collection of Gulu main market whose construction was completed in 2015 under the Market and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme Project (MATIP). The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) sitting on Tuesday, 14 December 2021 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from the Greater North Parliamentary Group have questioned the list of beneficiaries prepared by the Attorney General for compensation for lost cattle during the conflict in Northern Uganda. The MPs from Lango, Acholi and Teso sub-region held a meeting with the Attorney General and …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district local government has proposed a draft budget of 31 billion shillings for the 2021/2022 financial year. The draft budget was passed on Tuesday morning from Gulu district council hall by Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the outgoing Gulu district chairman during the full council meeting. …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The surveillance and case management personnel for the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Gulu is stuck with over 30 patients in the community after the treatment centre ran out of space for new admissions. The government expanded the Tuberculosis ward at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district local government is yet to receive the 165 million Shillings COVID-19 funding money allocated to each district by the Ministry of Finance. The ministry released the money to districts in April to intensify the campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding was …