Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked President Yoweri Museveni to ensure payment of Ugandan traders who supplied goods and services to the government of South Sudan. Kadaga told President Museveni that despite an agreed payment of US Dollars 41.6 million by the …
Read More »Kadaga summons Finance Minister over Uganda-South Sudan traders compensation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has summoned the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija to explain the approved compensation of Ugandan traders who made losses in South Sudan. While delivering her communication to MPs on Wednesday, Kadaga noted that she had received a complaint from …
Read More »Gov’t starts independent verification of Uganda-South Sudan traders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has contracted Ernst and Young, an audit firm to conduct fresh verification of Ugandan traders who supplied goods and services to South Sudan. In May, Parliament approved up to 900 billion shillings to pay traders who supplied war-torn South Sudan between 2008 and 2013. …
Read More »Parliament committee recommends payment to all traders who supplied South Sudan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Select Committee of Parliament on South Sudan wants the government to consider ex-gratia payments to Ugandan traders who supplied goods and services to South Sudan with no documentary proof. The proposal is contained in the report of the committee which has been scrutinizing …
Read More »South Sudan sets up verification committee for unpaid Ugandan traders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of South Sudan has set up a committee to verify the authenticity of unpaid Ugandan traders, who supplied goods to South Sudan. This was revealed by the South Sudan’s Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Goc Makauc Mayol, during a meeting with …
Read More »South Sudan doubts credibility of Ugandan suppliers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of South Sudan doubts the credibility of Ugandan traders who supplied goods and services to the country. This was revealed by Uganda’s Ambassador to South Sudan, Ronnie Balya, in Juba on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, while meeting members of Parliament from the …
Read More »South Sudan speaker apologizes over delayed payment of Ugandan traders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anthony L. Makana, the Speaker of the South Sudan Transitional National Assembly has apologized over his government’s failure to compensate Ugandan traders for goods and services supplied. Makana issued the apology while hosting a select committee of Ugandans legislators on South Sudan led by Ann …
Read More »