Kampala, Uganda |GODFREY SSALI | A 58 year old Human Rights Activist, who posed as a State House employee and defrauded Claimants of their hard earned money, has been remanded to Luzira Prison on charges of Impersonating a public Officer and obtaining 153,000 shillings by false pretense. Mohammad Kiggundu a resident …
Read More »Fight over Shs44 trillion mobile money
Telecoms protest State House move to monitor business Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | A fight is raging between telecom operators on one side, and the Uganda Communications Commissions (UCC), the Uganda Police Force, and State House on the other, over moves to monitor the Shs44 trillion mobile money business. At …
Read More »Pastor Kayanja says State House full of witchcraft
At a function at Rubaga Miracle Cathedral celebrating the 77 Days of Glory, Pastor Robert Kayanja told President Museveni and other guests that witchcraft was eating up the highest office in the country. “Your Excellency, witchcraft is everywhere, in Parliament and in the State House…. in the past 150 days, …
Read More »New PPS to Museveni takes charge, calls for unity
Kamukama: We need to move in one direction to serve country The new Principle Private Secretary to the President Molly Nuwe Kamukama has called on staff of State House to work together in unity and fulfill their mission to provide full time support to President Yoweri Museveni. She said unity was …
Read More »Billions borrowed from PTA bank cause jitters
From his office on the sixth floor of the Finance Ministry block in Kampala, Kenneth Mugambe, the Director Budget can look down contentedly at the Nakasero neighbourhood of the rich. The downtown poorer sections of the city are blocked from his view. Donning a stylish purple shirt and a matching …
Read More »Ofwono says MPs ignored correct State House salary list
By Joan Akello The executive director for Ugandan Media Center, Ofwono Opondo says members of parliament outraged by a list from State House showing the highest paid staff earns Shs 96 million per month had typo errors but they also ignored the correct one. “These errors were pointed out to …
Read More »I quit State House to fight for peoples’ welfare
By Andrew M. Mwenda Before resigning as President Yoweri Museveni’s Principal Private Secretary (PPS) in 2010, Amelia Kyambadde had served as private secretary to Museveni from 1979, spent five years in exile in Sweden and later returned to the same job in 1986. Currently, she is the Minister of Trade, …
Read More »State House budget story alarmist
By Nabusayi L. Wamboka State House, which caters for the welfare and security of the President and his VP, is perennially underfunded The Monitor story published under the headline “State House budget hits record Shs 200 billion” (Daily Monitor April 11, 2013) is not only alarming and ill intentioned, it …
Read More »Inside State House
By Independent Investigations Team A look at the relationship between Museveni and Amelia Kyambadde The Sunday Vision newspaper of June 6 announced a ‘reshuffle’ in State House. The story said that a re-organisation had taken place at the president’s residence which also houses his private office. The re-organisation, the …
Read More »Queries hang over State House-backed power firm
By John Njoroge UETCL says company is not competent But State House, Migereko want deal done In November 2008, a public hearing was held at Sunset Hotel in Jinja. Its purpose was to get feedback from stakeholders over an application for a licence to generate and sell electricity. The application …
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