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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
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),…
Is Dr Musenero Blackmailing PAC & Hon. Nandala Mafabi After Failing To Account For Covid-19 Billion?
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…
Retired Archbishop Orombi Critically Sick, Airlifted To Nakasero Hospital
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…
BANKS: We Have Failed To Identify SMEs For COVID-19 Relief Fund
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…
Parliament Irked By Delayed Maintenance on Kampala-Jinja Highway
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…
Africa’s Freedom Is With In Her Reach-Bp Dr. George Oduch
When we see such messages that Donald Trump,Joe Biden etc has said this and that; we need to know that all those statements are part of the propaganda machinery from the West. Answers to our problems as Africans are found in our people and what God has put in our continent. The answer is not…
Sudhir tells World investors: Why You Should Invest In Uganda Under Museveni’s Governance
Uganda’s richest man Dr Sudhir Ruparelia has spilt secrets about why Uganda is a land of opportunities which propel businesses to thrive. The money magnet further revealed how accommodative Ugandans are, a reason some foreign families have been able to live in the country for over 120 years and have succeeded in establishing a chain…
Youth Leaders Call On Museveni Not To Sign Anti-Homosexuality Bill,Accuse Speaker Among Of Debate Suppression
Energetic youth leaders have implored President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni not assert the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality bill passed by Parliament into law. The concerned youth argue that the passed bill has harsh penalties for some homosexual offences, including death and life imprisonment. While addressing the press in Kampala on Friday, March 24, The leader of Youth…
Forgery At National Drug Authority: Amoreen Naluyima Fraudulently Recruited As Director Labaratory Services-Whistleblower
Following vacant positions at Uganda Drug Authority, an internal advertisement was published on 15th December 2022 calling for potential candidates for the position of Director Laboratory services. The then Manager Medicine Unit, Amoreen Naluyima applied for the position against the set requirements, according to a whistle blower Ssemakula Steven’s detailed report that he sent to…
CSOs, NIM Discuss Emancipation Of Women,Youth & PWDs In Society
The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) together with other Civil society organizations of Akina Mama Wa Africa (AMWAA), Centre for Constitutional Governance (CCG), Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Youth Affairs(UPFYA) among others have gathered in Entebbe to deliberate on how best CSOs in democracy, Governance and accountability spaces can set a minimum Agenda for youth,…