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“It Would Be Advisable To Read The Committee Report Than Exposing Ignorance”- MP Katuntu Bashes Troubled COSASE Boss Ssenyonyi In Fresh Battle On BoU Probe

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In November 2022, the speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Anita Among expressed disappointment to members of parliament and warned them against leaking parliament and committee reports before they are discussed by the house. In doing this she was indirectly hitting Nakawa west legislator Joel Ssenyonyi who was accused of leaking his COSASE report on Uganda…

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‘You Are Too Lazy To Handle Important Issues’- How Speaker Among Decision To Probe COSASE Exposed LoP Mathias Mpuuga

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By Hannington Mbabazi Kampala: Nakawa West Member of Parliament Joel Ssenyonyi dubbed Chairperson Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) is sitting on tenterhooks after Speaker Anita Among ordering probe into his poor performance. The speaker said despite funding the Committee heavily, it has just worked on four reports out of 107 inquiries…

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COSASE Chairman Ssenyonyi On Spot For ‘Witch-hunting’ Uganda Airlines Boss Bamuturaki

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The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) Joel Ssenyonyi has come under fire from some sections of the public for reportedly witch-hunting Jennifer Bamuturaki, the Executive Director of Uganda Airlines. The concerned Ugandans contend that the way Ssenyonyi is conducting the ongoing inquest into the Auditor General’s report portrays…

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COSASE Rejects Uganda Airlines Plea To Bar Media From Meetings

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The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has rejected a request by Uganda Airlines to bar the media from covering its proceedings. The national air carrier, through its Manager, Corporate Quality, Michael Kaliisa, also requested the committee, without revealing details, to reschedule their ongoing meetings to the second week of September 2022…

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Business

“You exceeded your mandate and acted without jurisdiction, thus illegally,”- Court Dustbins COSASE Report On Asian Properties Already Handled By Court And Other Processes

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Parliament’s committee on Sub-Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)  have been dealt a blow after court ruled that its subcommittee did its work illegally as it tried to act as court in investigating properties under the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB). Mohamed Allibhai, the applicant had dragged the Attorney General to…

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Crime

Parliament’s Recommendations On Departed Asians Property Are Illegal, Unimplementable and Could Cost The Government Billions In Court Suits—Attorney-General Advises

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Earlier this year, the Government of Uganda’s Attorney General, Mr Kiroywa Kiwanuka warned that the recent recommendations by the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts―Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises PAC-COSASE that the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB) should initiate processes to cancel repossession certificates previously issued by the Government/Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic…

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Crime

CID Probes City Law Firm Over UGX 2Bn Compensation Scam

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The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Parliament has been tasked to investigate two lawyers for their role in the 2 billion shilling land compensation scandal. The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) chaired by Joel Ssenyonyi, is investigating the circumstances under which a Kampala-based law firm, Lubega & Buzibira Co. Advocates represented…

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Business

What AG Legal Opinion Means For COSASE Report On Departed Asian Assets

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Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka yesterday revealed that the recommendations contained in the Parliament’s Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) report, regarding management of the properties of the departed Asians, cannot be implemented under the current law. “It was very clear, the recommendations by Cosase that they were asking us to do; were not tenable…

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