The High Court – Land division on Monday summoned Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to respond to claims that it illegally paid sh530 million to Kigo Government Primary School as compensation for land owned by the Kabaka of Buganda. This follows a suit Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi filed …
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A Chinese contractor Chongqing International was on Thursday ordered by Uganda’s Parliament to refund sh1.8bn that was paid out under a bogus claim. The chairperson of parliament’s Committee on Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) Katuntu ordered that the contractor refund the money by close of business November 29th …
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VIDEO: Starting Monday next week, the works and transport ministry will embark on a campaign to inspect all vehicles in Uganda. They have called upon drivers to take their cars for inspection or else suffer penalties. According to the minister Azuba, the whole exercise is to regulate cars that are in …
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VIDEO: The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has unveiled a multimillion shilling master plan that will see traffic through the central business district controlled. According to the roads authority Eng. Patrick Muleme, the two million dollar project will involve constructing a ring road that will provide access routes to and from …
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VIDEO: Uganda National Roads Authority Executive Director Allen Kagina has admitted that she signed documents to pay a Chinese company sh7 billion without taking a thorough check on the documents. Kagina together with the directors of the Chinese construction company China Railway Group 3 returned to explain to the Parliamentary Committee on …
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VIDEO: How did Uganda National Roads Authority degenerate into the mess it finds itself in? How did Chinese firms beat legal and construction processes to access billions in shillings, which billions according to the committee of parliament were meant to compensate those affected by the road construction works? As Joseph Sabiti attempted to dig deep …
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VIDEO: Parliament has ordered five Chinese construction companies to refund sh32 billion out of sh47.7 billion remitted to to them by UNRA. The contractors had a tough time before the Parliamentary Committee of Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises after failing to explain why they failed to compensate people affected by the roads construction and …
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VIDEO: Six directors of five Chinese companies contracted to construct Ugandan roads have faced the wrath of legislators on the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises for failing to compensate hundreds of affected Ugandans even after UNRA advanced them sh47.7 billion shillings. The Chinese directors were grilled to …
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The Executive Director of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Allen Kagina has faulted former directors for advancing billions of shillings meant to compensate persons affected by various road projects, to contractors’ accounts. Kagina was responding to a query Wednesday by the parliament committee on commissions, statutory agencies and state enterprises on the …
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Hearing in a case in which former works minister and MP Katikamu North Eng.Abraham Byandala and five others are accused of causing financial loss of over sh24.7b meant for the upgrade of Mukono-Katosi road, resumed on Tuesday. A records assistant in the Ministry of Works and Transport Hellen Kabagenyi told the Anti-corruption Court …
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