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Tag: Corruption Uganda
People Are Annoyed With The Corrupt, Wait On Monday For New Direction-Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has assured Ugandans that the problem of corruption is still defeat-able and that the country now has the manpower to handle the issue more firmly. The President was speaking during the celebrations […]
Local Governments Warned on Corruption- Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has met with the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on Local Governments. They presented to him a report on the findings on the performance of accounting officers of District Local Governments and Municipal […]
Ofwono Attacks EU MPs Over Threats
The European Parliament debate on the chaos that ensued in Arua and the subsequent arrest and alleged torture of suspects, was based on rumors picked from social media, the Government Spokesperson, Ofwono Opondo has said. […]
Sudan Inflation Tops 67% In August
The inflation in Sudan continued rising to an unprecedented 66.88 percent in August from 63.94 percent in July, said Sudan’s Central Statistics Bureau Sunday. The bureau attributed the rise to the decrease in the prices […]
World Bank Chief Economist Backs Merger Of Agencies
The policy direction to reorganize government agencies will have meaning if it leads to effectiveness and efficiency of government in delivering public goods and services, according to the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Africa Albert […]
Private Sector Growth In Downward Spiral
Riots resulting from the arrest and detention of MP Robert Kyagulanyi last month could have made worse a slowdown in trade registered in the last three months. Stanbic Bank’s Purchasing Managers’ Index released on Wednesday […]
Bakaleke, 8 Others Charged With Defrauding Korean Investors
Assistant Commissioner of Police Siraje Bakaleke and eight others have been charged with kidnap, abuse of Office and Conspiracy to defraud. Bakaleke is accused alongside Lawyer Paul Wanyoto Mugoya, Nabeta Samuel Mulowooza, the Managing Director […]
Prof. Barya Calls For Independent Audit At MUBS
The embattled former chairperson of Makerere University Business School -MUBS Council Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba wants government to conduct an independent audit into the governance and management of the institution. Baryamureeba told journalists at a press […]
Wadri To Appeal Tough Bail Conditions
Arua Municipality Member of Parliament-elect Kassiano Ezati Wadri says he will appeal the bail condition stopping him from visiting Arua Municipality for the next three months. Gulu High Court on Monday banned Wadri from stepping […]
US, UK Issue Travel Advisories on Uganda
The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued a travel advisory warning its nationals of heightened political tensions in Uganda. In a travel advisory issued on Sunday and updated on Monday morning, the UK […]
Bullets, Tear Gas Rock Kampala Over Bobi Wine
The police and army have used tear gas and bullets to disperse hundreds of demonstrators that descended on the capital, Kampala protesting the continued detention of Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi. The demonstrators, most of […]
Wadri Hotel Sealed Off By Security Personnel
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF Special Forces have sealed off Hotel Pacific in Arua town, the base of the Kassiano Wadri campaign camp. Our reporter at the scene says that Adumi road, where the hotel […]
Police Blame Wadri Supporters For Bobi Wine Driver Death
Police are blaming the death of Yasin Kawuma, the driver of the Kyadondo East legislator, Robert Kyagulanyi on the supporters of Kasiano Wadri, the independent candidate for the Arua Municipality MP seat. Kawuma was shot […]
Car Importers Petition Speaker Over Inspection Fees
By Molly Kyakuhaire Car importers have petitioned parliament over the exorbitant car import inspection fees charged by Uganda National Bureae of Standards (UNBS). In a petition presented to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, the […]
Police Says Not Aware Of 4,000 Missing Guns
The Ugandan police on Wednesday said it is not aware of the 4,000 alleged missing new guns as reported by state media. Emilian Kayima, police spokesperson, said in a statement that although the Inspector General […]
Tanzania Wants To Pump Natural Gas To Uganda
Tanzania intends to build a pipeline to pump natural gas to Uganda according to the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation. The pipeline will run from Dar es Salaam, pass through Tanga port on the India Ocean […]
Tanzania Moves To Suspend DSTV Over ‘Free to Air’ Channels
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority intends to suspend all licenses issued to video entertainment service provider MultiChoice, following the latter failure to comply with license conditions and inclusion of Free to Air’ TV channels in its […]
Katumbi Still Barred From Entering DR Congo
Opposition leader Moise Katumbi has lashed out at the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after being barred from entering the country where he is expected to lodge his papers to participate in December’s […]
Gaagaa Buses Set To Resume Operations
Several Passengers today rushed to Gaagaa bus terminal in Arua town to book for travel to Kampala while others came ready to travel following the removal of the ban on operations of the company buses […]