Top officials from the Office of the President have been grilled by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as to why Shs1.2bn was returned to the Consolidated Fund in 2017/18. The team from the Office of the President had been summoned to respond to audit queries raised with Auditor General’s
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By Kainomugisha Caroline Before 2011, traders, merchants, tourists, trucks, passengers, etc had to get clearance from revenue authorities, customs, immigration and Bureaus of standards from their state offices when exiting or entering one country to another. This was the two-stop border posts model. The process was tedious, repetitive and took
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila have agreed to form a coalition government. The announcement was made by chief negotiators on live TV on Monday night and confirms reports from Friday that the two camps had made the agreement. The cabinet will consist of
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President Yoweri Museveni has expressed his pride at belonging to the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF), Uganda's national army. Museveni made the remarks on Monday while officiating the retirement of 19 generals from the army at a function held at State House Entebbe. "When it comes to NRA/UPDF I tell
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The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance and secretary to the Treasury, Keith Muhakanizi has reappointed Godfrey Turyahikayo as the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) accounting officer for the financial year 2019/2020. Turtyahikayo’s contract which expired last month was this week renewed by the board after a directive from President Yoweri Museveni.
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The Attorney General, William Byaruhanga last week finally tabled the proposed electoral reforms in fulfillment of Supreme Court recommendations following the election petition filed by former Premier Amama Mbabazi after the 2016 general elections. The Attorney General tabled a number of proposed amendments in the five bills including; The Presidential
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The Consulate of the Republic of Uganda in Mombasa in collaboration with the High Commission of the Republic of Uganda in Nairobi will hold the 3rd Trade and Business Facilitation Symposium in Mombasa. Speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Alfred Nnam, informed the Members of the
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The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has revealed plans of setting up own Insurance and Investment Company, with the purpose of saving and borrowing the money from the company at a time of need to facilitate expansion of their services. Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha, the Managing Director at NWSC
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An ambitious campaign to plant 200 million seedlings in a day is under way in Ethiopia. It would be a world record if accomplished. It is part of the Green Legacy Initiative by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who has dug in with a few seedlings of his own in ArbaMinch,
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Legislators have demanded for consideration of regional balance in the appointment to the Board of Directors of Uganda Airlines. The Minister of Works and Transport, Monica Ntege Azuba, presented a list of members of the Board to Parliament on Thursday, 25 July 2019. The names were presented following a concern
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