Gerald Karuhanga

Meet Gerald Karuhanga MP of Ntungamo

Meet Gerald Karuhanga MP of Ntungamo

KARUHANGA GERALD KAFUREEKA is a Ugandan politician representing  Ntungamo municipality. He is a lawyer by profession. He was born on 14-07-1982 in Ntungamo district and went to Kitunga Boarding school before joining Kitabi Seminary in Bushenyi from which he shifted to SMACK in Entebbe. He then joined Makerere University where he achieved a Bachelors degree in law […]

Who is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine?

Who is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine?

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu commonly known by his stage name Bobi Wine is a Ugandan politician and musician who joined politics in July 2017.  He serves as the Member of Parliament representing Kyadondo East constituency in Wakiso District, Uganda. He was born on 12th February 1982, in Mpigi District and grew up in the Kamwokya slums. […]

We have Bobi Wine – Police confirms

We have Bobi Wine – Police confirms

Police Spokes person, Emirian Kayima has confirmed that the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine is being held by police at unknown detention point.. Police allege that BobiWine incited violence among his supporters yesterday on August 14, 2018 when they attacked the president’s convoy and smashed one of the car’s […]

PAC grills Ministry of Defense officials over 718 billion arrears

PAC grills Ministry of Defense officials over 718 billion arrears

The public Accounts committee of parliament has grilled the officials led by the undersecretary in the Ministry of Defence, Edith Buturo, over 718 billion shillings arrears that remained unpaid at the close of the financial year 2015/17. The funds were meant to clear delayed payment of over 8,000 retired army officers their gratuity and pension, land compensation […]

Youth demand Minister Kuteesa Prosecuted

Youth demand Minister Kuteesa Prosecuted

Concerned youths have renewed demand for the foreign Affairs minister,Sam Kahamba Kuteesa, to be relieved of his duties over alleged bribe in helping a Chinese energy company to secure oil business advantage . led by former Makerere University guild President, David Bala, the group has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga against the conduct of […]

MPs grill Ministry of Education Officials over 2.1billion funds for private Universities

MPs grill Ministry of Education Officials over 2.1billion funds for private Universities

MPs sitting on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Monday grilled the Ministry of Education and Sports officials to explain their expenditure of over 2.1billion shillings of public funds meant for private Universities. In his June 30th 2016 report to Parliament, Auditor General, John Muwanga, highlighted that the Ministry transferred 2.1billion shillings to […]

MPS want AG to audit the court of appeal in relation to election petitions

MPS want AG  to audit the court of appeal in relation to election petitions

Ntugamo Municipality Member of Parliament, Gerald Karuhanga, and the Kabweri County MP, Gonahasa Francis, want the auditor general to audit the performance of the court of appeal of Uganda in respect to election petitions. Karuhanga says that election petitions are supposed to be heard with in a period of six months but is surprising that […]

Staff bickering and corruption killing Uganda’s missions abroad- MPs

Staff bickering and corruption killing Uganda’s missions abroad- MPs

Members of Parliament sitting on the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee say they have unearthed the rot in the foreign missions which relates to mismanagement of the missions and infighting among the staff. The committee that is presided over by the Member of Parliament for Ntungamo Municipality, Gerald Karuhanga, who is the vice chairperson discovered  that […]

MPs accuse officials of Uganda’s missions abroad of not remitting collected funds

MPs accuse officials of Uganda’s missions abroad of not remitting collected funds

Members of Parliament have put Uganda’s missions abroad  on the spotlight over their failure to  remit  funds collected from the sale Visas and rental fees of the country’s properties abroad to the consolidated fund. The MPs says officials in these missions bank the collected funds from the Non Tax Revenue but that these funds do […]

MPs bast another ghost pensioners scam under the Ministry of Public Service

MPs bast another ghost pensioners scam under the Ministry of Public Service

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee is probing another ghost pensioners paid a tune of 12.7 billion shillings by the officials in the ministry of public service. MPs on the committee chaired by Soroti district Woman Member of Parliament, Angeline Ossege, while meeting the officials from the ministry of public service led by the ministry’s permanent […]