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…
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has guided that the Departed Asians’ Property Custodians Board (DAPCB) has no power to deal with any property for which the Finance Minister has issued a certificate of repossession. In a March 11 letter to the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija in the wake of the debate that has been on-going regarding…
Government of Uganda has finalized plans to recover up to 100 Departed Asian properties formerly reclaimed by the Asians despite having received compensation from the government. This development comes after the Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) of the 10th Parliament directed the government to recover the properties and prosecute those who aided…
Former Members of Parliament on committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) are being accused by city landlords of witch-hunt in the ongoing row involving properties of Departed Asians. According to Eagle Online news website, the new MPs are finding it hard in implementing some of the resolutions passed by the former legislators…
The Solicitor General has warned Departed Asians Property Custodian Board Executive Secretary George Bizibu and Finance Minister Matia Kasaija not to interfere in matters regarding Asian properties. In letter seen by this website, the Solicitor General citing section 15 of the Expropriated Properties Act Cap.87 says the board and Finance Minister have no powers to…
Panic has engulfed the custodian board after it has emerged that Shs 15 billion was mysteriously withdrawn from the Departed Asians Property Custodian board accounts by the unknown persons. The development came after Members of Parliament on the committee Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) discovered the missing monies and quizzed Ministry of Finance…
The Executive Secretary of the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB) George William Bizibu was caught destroying crucial documents, allegedly, concerning some of the board’s illegal dealings. According to Sources, he was assisted by Ms Irene Apio Julu, one of the long serving secretaries at DAPCB, who was arrested on Tuesday, and police have embarked…
