Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Halfway through the recently launched whistleblower campaign, a nationwide drive aimed at encouraging workers to report employers defaulting on NSSF contributions, the Fund has unearthed over Shs70 billion from reported cases, it said in a notice. Figures released by the Fund recently indicate that …
Read More »Whistleblower asks IGG to investigate Principal Judge over Kyambogo land and fraud
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A whistleblower has petitioned the Inspectorate of Government to investigate Principal Judge Flavian Zeija, and Prof. Eli Katunguka Rwakishaya, the Vice Chancellor of Kyambogo University for alleged land fraud. The whistleblower, identifying himself as Godfrey Deogratius Ouma, points to the alleged illegal consolidation of suits …
Read More »NSSF upgrades whistleblower portal to protect employees
This move is expected to increase compliance by 3% in the next few months as executives race to grow assets by Shs2tn towards 2025 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s National Social Security Fund has upgraded its web-based whistleblower portal to enable members to report defaulting employers in a seamless …
Read More »UPDF pledges protection to informers as forceful disarmament begins
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UPDF 3rd Infantry Division has pledged protection to it’s informers as they start forceful disarmament of warriors in Karamoja. The Division Commander Brig. Joseph Balikudembe said the army will protect community members who give intelligence information about the presence of illegal weapons to security …
Read More »Trump wants to meet whistleblower in Ukraine scandal
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump said Sunday he wants to meet the anonymous whistleblower at the center of the scandal threatening his presidency. Trump has been relatively quiet this weekend but in a series of evening tweets he also blasted Democratic lawmakers and the media as …
Read More »US newspaper sparks controversy by publishing details on whistleblower
New York, United States | AFP | Protecting a potentially vulnerable whistleblower versus the public’s need to know: a US newspaper’s publication of information on the man whose complaint led to an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has sparked controversy and debate. After the release of a complaint accusing Trump of …
Read More »Whistleblower petitions parliament over unending livestock thefts in Tooro
Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A whistleblower has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to probe the unending livestock thefts in the Tooro region. In the past months livestock which include cows, pigs, sheep and goats have been stolen from Kichwamba and Rwebisengo Sub Counties in Kabarole and Ntoroko …
Read More »‘Fix Facebook, whether it wants to or not’
Bruxelles, Belgium | AFP | Eight months after revealing the links between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica (CA), whistleblower Christopher Wylie is pushing for the internet giant to be regulated — whether it wants to or not. He is scathing about Facebook’s “man-child” chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and the arrogance of …
Read More »No whistleblower?
By Haggai Matsiko Works PS Muganzi quizzed over Shs 15bn `ghost’ project The police has interrogated officials of the Ministry of Works, including the Permanent secretary, Charles Muganzi, in connection with an alleged `ghost’ project in which the government is feared to have lost over Shs 15 billion. The racket …
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