bicycle - Uganda Multimedia News & Information https://www.weinformers.com Politics, Health, Sceince, Business, Agriculture, Culture, Tourism, Women, Men, Oil, Sports Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:00:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Ministry of Local Government PS cleared over botched bicycle deal https://www.weinformers.com/2013/04/17/ministry-of-local-government-ps-cleared-over-borched-bicycle-deal/ https://www.weinformers.com/2013/04/17/ministry-of-local-government-ps-cleared-over-borched-bicycle-deal/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:58:51 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=28771 The permanent secretary in the ministry of local government John Kashaka has been cleared of any wrong doing in the botched bicycle deal. A state attorney in the office of the attorney general Bahagaza Suuza told court that he approved the contract for the purchase of bicycles and all the rules of public procurement and […]

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]]> Henry Bamutura, Ministry of Local Government Accountant

Henry Bamutura, Ministry of Local Government Accountant

The permanent secretary in the ministry of local government John Kashaka has been cleared of any wrong doing in the botched bicycle deal.

A state attorney in the office of the attorney general Bahagaza Suuza told court that he approved the contract for the purchase of bicycles and all the rules of public procurement and disposal of public assets had been followed.
Appearing before the Anti- Corruption Court judge Catherine Bamugemeire he added that the Attorney General of Uganda even sued NIKO Insurance Company because it had to pay back the money in case the bicycles were not brought.
So far four witnesses have already testified including the head of human resource in the ministry of local government Samuel Aitu and Joyce Nyangoma the head of the procurement disposal unit. The fourth witness to testify today Yasiin Sendawula the chairman contracts committee also cleared Kashaka of any wrong doing.
Kashaka is jointly charged with Henry Bamutara, Robert Mwebaze, Sam Emorut Erongot, Timothy Musherure and Adam Aluma all former senior technocrats in the ministry.
They are charged with 12 counts of causing financial loss of 4.2 billion shillings to the government, abuse of office and neglect of duty.
They are alleged to have committed the offence on 3rd March 2011.
Prosecution alleges that Kashaka and Bamutura in abuse of authority wrote to the Bank of Uganda amending the conditions for the final destination of the 70,000bicycles from the villages to Kampala.
It adds that the amending was done with no equitable adjustment in the contract and without reference to the contracts committee for approval as required by law and procedure.
Prosecution has lined fourteen witnesses, ten of who are yet to testify. The botched bicycle deal which rattled many Ugandans is also a subject of investigations by the parliamentary Committee on Public Service and Local Government.
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]]> https://www.weinformers.com/2013/04/17/ministry-of-local-government-ps-cleared-over-borched-bicycle-deal/feed/ 0 MP Akena rides bicycle to parliament https://www.weinformers.com/2012/01/12/mp-akena-rides-bicycle-to-parliament-2/ https://www.weinformers.com/2012/01/12/mp-akena-rides-bicycle-to-parliament-2/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:47:05 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=18080 Everyone would expect that a son to the former president ofUgandatwice, Apolo Milton Obote, Mr. Jimmy Akena would be driving escalades to go to parliament but this is not the case for Akena. Our informers got the surprise of the day yesterday when Akena, who is also the Lira Municipality MP, arrived atUgandaparliament riding a […]

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]]> Everyone would expect that a son to the former president ofUgandatwice, Apolo Milton Obote, Mr. Jimmy Akena would be driving escalades to go to parliament but this is not the case for Akena.

Our informers got the surprise of the day yesterday when Akena, who is also the Lira Municipality MP, arrived atUgandaparliament riding a bicycle.

Akena packed his bicycle and entered the parliamentary chambers. The policemen outside the parliamentary building were overheard wondering why Akena has made it a habit of riding a bicycle to parliament.

We also kept wondering whether this is the way Akena is ‘walking to work’ a programme which the opposition politicians created in April this year.

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]]> https://www.weinformers.com/2012/01/12/mp-akena-rides-bicycle-to-parliament-2/feed/ 0 Government to buy bicycles for LCI chairpersons https://www.weinformers.com/2011/12/20/government-to-buy-bicycles-for-lci-chairpersons/ https://www.weinformers.com/2011/12/20/government-to-buy-bicycles-for-lci-chairpersons/#respond Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:49:39 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=17496 Although the money to buy the first batch of bicycles for LCI chairpersons across the country was embezzled last financial year, the government has not yet forgotten the LCI executives. We are reliably informed that the government has bought the second batch of bicycles for LCI chairpersons across the country. The sources in the line […]

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]]> Although the money to buy the first batch of bicycles for LCI chairpersons across the country was embezzled last financial year, the government has not yet forgotten the LCI executives.

We are reliably informed that the government has bought the second batch of bicycles for LCI chairpersons across the country.

The sources in the line ministry tells this reporter that each LCI chairperson across the country will get his or her bicycle before the LCI national elections could be held.

The Government first promised to buy LCI chairpersons bicycles in September 2009.

President Museveni in September 2009 told Parliament that the government would buy bicycles for the LCI chairpersons and motorcycles for LCIII.

He said the LC3 and Gombolola chiefs had already got the motorcycles. But we have not yet known when the LCI chairpersons would get the bicycles promised to them.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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]]> https://www.weinformers.com/2011/12/20/government-to-buy-bicycles-for-lci-chairpersons/feed/ 0 MP Akena rides bicycle to parliament https://www.weinformers.com/2011/11/23/mp-akena-rides-bicycle-to-parliament/ https://www.weinformers.com/2011/11/23/mp-akena-rides-bicycle-to-parliament/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:43:28 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=16853 Everyone would expect that a son to the former president of Uganda twice, Apolo Milton Obote, Jimmy Akena would be driving escalades to go to parliament but this is not the case for Akena. Our informers got the surprise of the day yesterday when Akena, who is the Lira Municipality MP, arrived at Uganda parliament riding a bicycle. Akena […]

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]]> Everyone would expect that a son to the former president of Uganda twice, Apolo Milton Obote, Jimmy Akena would be driving escalades to go to parliament but this is not the case for Akena.

Our informers got the surprise of the day yesterday when Akena, who is the Lira Municipality MP, arrived at Uganda parliament riding a bicycle.

Akena packed his bicycle and entered the parliamentary chambers. The policemen outside the parliamentary building were overheard wondering why Akena has made it a habit of riding a bicycle to parliament.

We also kept wondering whether this is the way Akena is ‘walking to work’ a programme which the opposition politicians created in April this year.

We later learnt that the MP is promoting a particular type of bicycle that makes energy as one rides and helps in reducing fuel consumption.

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]]> https://www.weinformers.com/2011/11/23/mp-akena-rides-bicycle-to-parliament/feed/ 0 PAC angry with Prof. Kiddu Makubuya over bicycle money https://www.weinformers.com/2011/11/22/pac-angry-with-prof-kiddu-makubuya-over-bicycle-money/ https://www.weinformers.com/2011/11/22/pac-angry-with-prof-kiddu-makubuya-over-bicycle-money/#respond Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:35:00 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=16820 The public accounts committee has accused former attorney general who is now minister for general duties Prof. Kiddu Makubuya of  what they called fooling them. The committee chaired by Kssiano Wadri (Terego) has thus resolved to involve the police to embarrass Makubuya after he snubbed their summons for the forth time. Makubuya had been summoned […]

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]]> The public accounts committee has accused former attorney general who is now minister for general duties Prof. Kiddu Makubuya of  what they called fooling them.

The committee chaired by Kssiano Wadri (Terego) has thus resolved to involve the police to embarrass Makubuya after he snubbed their summons for the forth time.

Makubuya had been summoned to appear before this committee for questioning in relation to his controversial actions leading to the award of among others shs142bn to city tycoon Hassan Basajjabalaba, but the minister snubbed the summons, saying his appearance as former attorney general is illegal.

In his letter addressed to Wadri issues yesterday, Makubuya claimed that the attorney general Peter Nyombi gave a legal advice about his intended appearance in which he stated that competence to speak on behalf of Attorney general’s chambers is vested in the incumbent attorney general and therefore he would only appear as a second official to supplement what the AG will submit.

After a heated debate on the next plan of action, the committee agreed that a warrant of arrest be issued against him so that he appears on Thursday this week.

By Isaac Senabulya

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