The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hon. Hilary Onek, has threatened to resign over the conduct of the new Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja. According to a letter dated October 29, 2021, to the Prime Minister, dejected Onek noted thus..“From the time of your appointment, I have been observing with total displeasure the fact…
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has terminated a Shs 1.8bn contract for the construction of a 42-kilometre road in Kyegegwa district over shoddy works. The road which connects from Kakabara sub-county in Kyegegwa district to Nabingola in Mubende was constructed under the Development Response to Displacement Impact Project (DRDIP). The program under the Office of the…
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has tasked a ten-member select committee comprising ten officials from the National Planning Authority-NPA, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA, security agencies and the ministries of health and tourism to address loopholes in the Covid-19 testing procedures at Entebbe International Airport. Nabbanja who heads the Inter-ministerial committee on Uganda’s Covid-19 response named the…
Geoffrey Oloya, the first recipient of the Shs100,000 meant for the COVID-19 relief for vulnerable Ugandans who were affected by the second lockdown has been arrested in Gulu City after he turned up abruptly to explain how he benefited from the campaign. Oloya had been registered as a Boda Boda rider, yet he works with…
The Appointments Committee of Parliament has vetted nine new ministers nominated by the President during a Cabinet reshuffle in December 2019. The Constitution provides that Cabinet and other or state ministers shall be appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament from among Members of Parliament or persons qualified to be elected Members of…
