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Pader NRM Leaders Vow To Abandon Party Over Irregularities In Distribution Of Motorcycles
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party leaders in Pader district are divided over irregularities in the distribution of motorcycles meant for mobilization for the 2021 general elections. In September, the district received 23 motorcycles from the NRM party headquarters. It was meant to be given out to 21 NRM Sub County Chairpersons to ease mobilization…
PAC Tells Jinja City To Opt for out-of-Court Settlements
Members of the Parliamentary Local Government Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have urged Jinja city authorities to consider negotiations instead of pursuing legal battles. They expressed concern about the increasing number of court cases faced by Jinja City, especially during the 2020/2021 financial year, which have led to delays and potential fines. The Auditor General’s report…
PAC Queries Irregular Recruitments At Gulu University
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee – PAC Central Government has grilled Gulu University management over irregularities in staff recruitment. The University management led by Vice Chancellor Prof. George Openjuru, on Thursday appeared before the committee to respond to a forensic investigation report into the mismanagement of the institution for the financial years 2016/2017 to 2018/2019. The…
PAC Grills Internal Affairs Ministry Officials Over Missing 2.8 Billion UNDP Funding
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has directed the accounting officer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to present performance and accountability reports regarding the funding of a UNDP supported project. The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi was meeting Under-Secretary Lynette Bagonza on Thursday over queries on the Peace and Security for…
PAC Grills Ex-Judiciary PS ‘Kagole’ Over Missing Shs343 Million
Lawmakers on the Public Accounts Committee gave grilled the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Kagole Kivumbi over a Shs343 million payment to the Chief Justice, Bart Katureebe and Deputy Chief Justice, Alphonse Owiny Dollo meant for foreign travels in the financial year 2018/2019. The Committee chaired by Hon. Nandala Mafabi was Wednesday,…
Oyam North: Dr.Eunice Rocks Iceme S/C As 20 NUP Members Cross To UPC
Monday afternoon, 26th June 2023, Dr. Eunice Otuko Apio the UPC Candidate for Oyam County North by-election painted Iceme Sub county red on her Day 4 of campaigns as supporters were chanting her name and UPC at the rally. In the course of speeches, the Party Secretary General Hon. Fred Ebil and Branch Structure Leaders…
Oyam North Parliamentary By-election: Over 900 Supporters, Agents Ditch UPC & NUP, Cross To NRM As President Museveni Campaigns For Party Flag Bearer
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) politics is politics of science but not guesswork and it aims at solving the problems of Ugandans. “From the beginning, we were telling you that we are here for your good. I’m not here to look for anything because I have got everything…
Oyam North By-election: 2 UPC Leaders Arrested Over Voter Bribery
The Oyam Central Police Station has apprehended two individuals on suspicion of engaging in voter bribery. “Today, on the 6th of July 2023, at approximately 6:10 hours, police officers deployed to provide security in Otwal Sub-County intercepted Ocen Ronald, a 31-year-old resident of Minakulu Town Council, and Ogwal Robert, a 46-year-old resident of Kut Odongo…
Owoyesigyire Arrested For Murdering Wife,Three Children
Police in greater Bushenyi has in custody a 40-year-old man for allegedly killing his wife and three children. The deceased are identified as Asanansi Musimenta, 28, and her children Andrew Akandwanaho, 4 years old, Javira Akanyijuka, 3 years old, and Davis Atwijukire, 2 months old. SCP Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson, while speaking at the…
Owobusobozi Bisaka’s Body Preserved For Future Viewing
The body of the late Desteo Owobusobozi Bisaka, the Founder of Faith of Unity has been embalmed and kept for future viewing by his followers. The body has been kept in Bisaka’s house in Kapyeemi cell in Muhorro town Council in Kagadi district. Embalming is the art and science of preserving human remains by treating…