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: 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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The High Court has dismissed an application filed by Sarah Kulata Basangwa, the interdicted former Commissioner for Land Registration Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban development, seeking to halt a probe against her. The application sought to block an investigation by a committee put in place by the Lands Minister Betty Amongi …
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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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High Court in Kampala has given the go ahead to 151 ex- employees of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to sue their former employer for alleged wrongful dismissal. The court’s deputy registrar Alex Ajiji ordered that since all the 151 former employees have one common cause and interest against UNRA, …
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One hundred and fifty one former employees of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have gone to the High Court in Kampala, seeking permission to sue their ex-employer for unlawful dismissal. The Deputy Registrar Alex Ajiji heard the application presented by six of their representatives and said he will deliver a ruling …
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