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Busted! Min. Babalanda Tells MPs How She Foiled Plot By Ex-Board To Steal More Funds On UPPC Accounts As Cabinet Appoints 8 Members To New Board

By Hannington MbabaziMarch 28, 2023 0

Cabinet sitting yesterday at State House Entebbe approved the names of eight people as new board members for the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC). According to the minister for the presidency whose docket supervises UPPC, Hon. Milly Babalanda, the approved names include (veteran scribe) Joachim Buwembo (Wakiso), Sadat Kisuyi (Bugweri), Jolly Kamugira Kaguhangire (Mbarara),…

Crime

Is Dr Musenero Blackmailing PAC & Hon. Nandala Mafabi After Failing To Account For Covid-19 Billion?

By Our ReporterMarch 28, 2023 0

By Nakimuli Jackline Kampala: The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero who is facing the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) since March 14, 2023, over Covid-19 expenditures in the financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21, seems to have started blackmailing the committee members after failing to provide proper accountability for billions of funds she…

Health

Retired Archbishop Orombi Critically Sick, Airlifted To Nakasero Hospital

By Hannington MbabaziMarch 28, 2023 0

Retired Church of Uganda Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi was last night airlifted to Kampala after his health deteriorated on Monday. “We rushed him to Nakasero Hospital at 2:00am for specialized treatment. His wife accompanied him and is by his side” Nebbi Diocese Bishop Pons Ozelle told Monitor. In a Tuesday morning interview, Bishop Ozelle added that…

Business

BANKS: We Have Failed To Identify SMEs For COVID-19 Relief Fund

By Hannington MbabaziMarch 28, 2023 0

Leaders in the banking industry say that they have failed to identify people who qualify for the government’s COVID-19 relief fund meant for small and medium enterprises. It comes a few days after the Bank of Uganda revealed that only Shillings 6 billion out of the Shillings 200 billion Small Business Recovery Fund (SBRF), which was…

National News

Parliament Irked By Delayed Maintenance on Kampala-Jinja Highway

By Hannington MbabaziMarch 28, 2023 0

The delayed maintenance of the Kampala-Jinja highway has irked lawmakers, who have now questioned the competence of Energo Projekt, a company contracted by government to undertake civil works. Parliament approved a budget of Shs82 billion for Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to supervise maintenance of the 72 kilometre road with works expected to last 12…

Daily Archives: March 28, 2023

Busted! Min. Babalanda Tells MPs How She Foiled Plot By Ex-Board To Steal More Funds On UPPC Accounts As Cabinet Appoints 8 Members To New Board

Is Dr Musenero Blackmailing PAC & Hon. Nandala Mafabi After Failing To Account For Covid-19 Billion?

Retired Archbishop Orombi Critically Sick, Airlifted To Nakasero Hospital

BANKS: We Have Failed To Identify SMEs For COVID-19 Relief Fund

Parliament Irked By Delayed Maintenance on Kampala-Jinja Highway