The meeting took place in the Cabinet Library at the President’s Office on Parliamentary building, in Kampala central division.

Some of the ministers who have resigned over corruption related charges include Suda Bbumba (Gender), Khiddu Makubuya (general duties) and Kabakumba Matsiko (minister forKampala).

One of the ministers in the meeting told us that the cabinet meeting discussed among others the implication of the resignation of ministers, report tabled last week by Parliament’s watchdog committee on public accounts into the questionable approval of compensation to businessmen Hassan Bassajabalaba and retired Col. John Mugyenyi and the negative publicity opposition parties have solved to international community since April last year. Another source in the meeting told us that the ministers requested the president to fill the vacant ministerial posts.

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The KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi and other council technical officers failed to block his swearing in ceremony.

Kidandala was sworn in amidst heavy police deployment and harassing of his supporters by the government security agencies.

The Kampala DPC, Norman Musinga commandeered the police officers who blocked most of Kidandala’s supporters from accessing city hall.

Kidandala was appointed the Kampala Capital City Authority Deputy Lord Mayor by the Lord Mayor of Kampala, Alhaji Erias Kidandala in October this year.

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The Organizations say, the three judges who are currently working in this court can not possibly handle the many corruption cases filed in this court which causes huge backlog.

One of the activists, Felix Kafuma notes that the court should also be facilitated with enough transport means to endeavor this court clear off the cases filed in up country.

Meanwhile, Felix still asks the Minister for presidency Kabakumba Masiko to resign her position as she is being investigated about the media reports that she used Government transmitter for her own private business in Masindi to satisfy her desires.

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Mpuga told journalist at parliament that Matsiko was the minister of  information and national guidance a time when many UBC properties like land  and equipments  got lost. He cited an example of OB van which cost tax payers    1.8 billion shillings which also disappeared  yet on the local market it could have cost t only 180 million shillings.

He said that having been the minister in charge then; she is the first suspect to explain how the recovered mast found its self in a private station owned by her. Mpuga also wondered why UBC up to date has no board as a body, saying currently it’s the MD of UBC who is the board himself.

He challenged president Museveni to sack the minters since he has all along been saying that he is an advocate against corruption.

Mpuga says that parliament should use this opportunity to punish these ministers if they fail to resign.

Police yesterday  found a tower mast and transmitter  belonging to a government owned media UBC  being used by private radio called king based in Masindi district  and the radio is believed to be owned by Kabakumba.

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Uganda Information and national Guidance Minister, Kabakumba Masiko

The remark has been made by the Minister in charge of Kampala Capital City Authority, Kabakumba Masiko while addressing the media in Kampala.

Ms Masiko says that the laws restraining people from littering the city or any other public places are in place but they have remained dormant.

She says that this time the laws are going to work such that Kampala city becomes clean like some of the capital cities in the East African Community.

She however says that the current laws on disposing of garbage are weak to act as deterrent measure.

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