Members of Parliament have approved a request by the government to borrow $464 million (about Shs1.7 trillion) to finance infrastructure and development needs of the budget despite objection from the opposition, who say the loan terms are unfair. Referred to Parliament’s Committee on National Economy on Tuesday, the loan is to be sourced from Standard…
Following the passing of Uganda’s new Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022, Ugandans found guilty of vandalizing electricity infrastructure may face a fine of $283,764.96 (UGX 1-billion) or a 15-year jail sentence, just five years short of the Ugandan life sentence term of 20 years. This passing of the bill came at a time when the country…
Parliament’s Committee on National Economy has asked Finance State Minister, Hon. Henry Musasizi for details on the actual intended disbursements of the loan before they can give their nod of approval. Shadow Finance Minister, Hon. Muhammad Kivumbi objected asking for details of the disbursement, a request he said is informed by fears that the money…
The Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon. Anita Among has refuted media reports that legislators plan to increase their salaries. The Monitor newspaper recently reported that President Museveni rejected a proposal by Members of Parliament to have their pay and pension contribution increased. The article alleged that in a 13 October letter to Speaker Anita Among,…
The implementation of the Grid Expansion and Reinforcement Project (GERP) in West Nile is well underway. Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) begun stringing the transmission cables on the 67km Kole-Gulu stretch under Phase One of the Grid Expansion and Reinforcement Project (GERP). The GERP is also known as the Kole-Gulu-Nebbi-Arua Transmission Line construction project.…
Officers deployed at the Kireka-based Special Investigations Unit/Division (SIU/D) have started packing their bags to relocate to the Criminal Investigations Directorate – CID headquarters in Kibuli on the directive by the Inspector General of Police, Martin Ochola. According to information obtained by our reporter, Ochola directed the officers to relocate about a fortnight ago on…
By Ben Ssebuguze: Kampala: One of the reasons which was fronted by crusaders of Privatisation of assets under world bank and International monetary funds under the Structural Adjustment programs (SAPs) was that many of government Assets were making losses. In 1991, the government embarked on a large-scale selling off of previously state-owned parastatals because Ugandans…
The Finance State Minister, Henry Musasizi has asked Members of Parliament to approve up to Shs3.5 trillion to finance the Shs48.1 trillion budget. The first loan request which is up to US$464 million translating to about Shs1.7 trillion, is to be sourced from the Standard Chartered Bank. In documents which now stand referred to Parliament’s…
The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has issued a set of Standardized Complaints Handling Guidelines for licensed electricity distributors, as one of the measures to effectively handle complaints from consumers. According to officials at ERA, the Complaints Handling Guidelines are designed to set a standard for Licensees to handle complaints in relation to their obligations under…
Spenah Beach in Entebbe is finally no more after the police, together with local authorities in Entebbe municipality finally evicted John Asiimwe, an errant tenant who had refused to vacate the place, even after defaulting to pay rent for two years. Spenah Beach initially belonged to former Entebbe Mayor Stephen Kabuye, who rented it out…
