Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned the Secretary to Treasury Keith Muhakanizi over failure to prioritize and categorize domestic arrears under the stock of public debt. Muhakanizi together with the Accountant General Lawrence Ssemakula were on Tuesday appearing before the committee to respond …
Read More »PAC to probe procurement of UPDF jet ranger helicopter spare parts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament will on February 5th start the probe into the procurement of spare parts for the Jet Ranger Aircraft that was last week involved in a crash. On Tuesday, a Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF jet Ranger AF302 …
Read More »Lands Ministry officials grilled over UGX 31 Billion domestic arrears
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands ministry has attributed the high debt in domestic arrears on compensation claims by former ranchers who lost land to government. This was revealed during a meeting between officials from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development led by the Permanent …
Read More »PAC orders forensic audit of sh8.4 billion Uganda clean cooking grant
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed a forensic audit into a 2.2 million US Dollars World Bank project grant extended to the Finance Ministry. The 8.4 billion Shillings project was extended to the Ministry by World Bank’s multi-donor trust fund- the Energy Sector …
Read More »PS Atwine, Segawa record statements with CID over unlawful expenditure of UGX 6 Billion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry, Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine and Under Secretary, Ronald Segawa, have recorded statements with the Criminal Investigations Department for unlawful expenditure of shillings 6 billion. The duo was handed over to the CID by the Public Accounts Committee chaired by its …
Read More »MPs demand list of patients treated at Nakasero hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has asked the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs to present a list of patients treated at Nakasero hospital. The committee was on Tuesday meeting the Defense Ministry officials led by Lieutenant General Joseph Musanyufu, the UPDF Joint Chief …
Read More »PAC directs Gulu University to evict private businesses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee-PAC has asked Gulu University to evict all private businesses operating irregularly in the university precincts. They include among others banks, restaurants, printing and photocopying centers. In his 2017/2018 financial year report, the Auditor General noted that more than 10 private …
Read More »Gov’t forensic scientists leaving for better paying jobs – Minister
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Internal Affairs Obiga Kania has said that forensic scientists are leaving the country due to low pay in Uganda and there is a high global demand for their rare skills. Kania was before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee which invited him as …
Read More »PAC directs CIID to grill Finance Ministry project officials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee- Central Government has asked the Criminal Investigations and the Intelligence Directorate (CIID) to interrogate officials heading different projects under the Ministry of Finance for abuse of office. The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi on Wednesday issued a …
Read More »MUBS former staff fail to refund UGX 820 million
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven former staff of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) have failed to refund 820.2 million shillings given to them as salary while on study leave. The staff upon completion of their studies abroad flouted the staff development bonding agreement with the university. According to …
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