While appearing before the parliamentary committee on presidential affairs, Okrut said the inspector general of government is investigating the required sum of money following the questioning of the money by the parliament accounts committee.

She told the committee that the money was arrived at after the feasibility and comparative study carried out by the Uganda Broadcasting cooperation.

She said the investigation should be expedited so that the process of getting the required finances is finalized.

UBC which was given a monopoly to supply signals to broadcasters after migrating from analogue to digital, requested for 74 million US dollars. The money is to be borrowed from Exim bank of China.

Karooro told the committee that if all the necessary facilitation for digital migration is availed, the government shall be in position to beat the 31st December 2012 deadline for digital migration which was set for the countries in the East African community.
By Mugisa Isaac Mathias

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The committee chairperson Banarbas Tinkasimire said the minister along with her team were not prepared and therefore the committee could not waste time to listen to the minister who had no answers to their questions.

Karoro told the committee that she was not in position to answer the questions  raised by the MPs  and needed more time to  prepare a brief to the committee over the issues and later return on Tuesday.

She said MPs’ questions are broad and therefore she needs to first research and get answers.

The MPs want the minister to explain the land wrangles surrounding UBC and its competence to manage digital migration.

By Isaac Senabulya

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Ofwono Opondo and his senior, Karoro Okurut

The party members started visiting their party headquarters in Kampala on Monday last week to pick nomination forms for posts: NRM Secretary General, National Chairperson, Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer, Vice chairperson, regional Vice Chairpersons among others.

The Deputy Spokesperson of NRM, Ofwono Opondo says NRM will hold its primaries on 30^th August. He however says their party will elect its presidential flag-bearer for 2011 general elections in September this year.

Opondo says NRM is verifying the academic transcripts of all people who want to contest for posts in the ruling party.

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