The minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kahamba Kutesa has said he is ready to face prosecution and serve any sentence if it is found through thorough investigations that he took the alleged bribes from an oil company. While appearing before the oil Adhoc committee chaired by Michael Werikhe, Kutesa said he never received the alleged17 million […]
Things will not be easy when oil debates resumes in the Uganda’s ninth parliament anytime from now according to Budadiri west MP Nandala Mafabi. Mafabi who president Museveni’s advisor in charge of the media issues John Nagenda recently termed as an improvement of FDC leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye has today told the executive to get prepared […]
The members of parliament on Rules , privileges and discipline have apologized to the vice president Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi foe directing to him summons to appear the committee to enable them understand whether the refusal of two minister accused of oil bribery not to step aside was a contempt of parliament. The mps on this […]
Legislators on the Rules, Privileges and Discipline committee this afternoon made a u-turn on its invitation to the Vice President to appear before them. The committee ,chaired by Fox Odoi, invited Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi to appear before the committee to give his view on contempt of Parliament following refusal by Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi and […]
The ad hoc committee investigating the alleged bribery in the oil sector has said that President Museveni is frustrating its activities. The remark follows the yesterday’s incident when the Attorney General, Peter Nyombi jumped the committee meeting to meet President Museveni at State House in Entebbe The committee’s chairman Hon. Warikhe while talking to the […]
The Attorney General Peter Nyombi has run out of the Adhoc committee investigating oil sector to attend to president Museveni’s oil meeting at Entebbe state house with Tullow Oil Company executive and left members on this oil Adhoc committee furious. The Attorney General peter Nyombi had been summoned by the oil Adhoc committee chaired by […]
Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile has been thrown out the oil Adhoc committee investigating the oil sector for the second time for failure to produce evidence to the committee that he was directed by president Museveni to draw money from the consolidated fund to finance the purchase of fighter jets to the tune of 1.7 trillion […]
People of Acholi have stepped up their demands to be considered for royalties from the oil that is being prospected in Acholi sub regions. This follows the confirmation of some oil wells in Amuru district last year. This came after oil was discovered in Amuru district and oil companies started working on this oil field […]
The Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi has defended the group of independent MPs who attended the NRM caucus meeting at Kyankwanzi close to a month ago. Aruu County MP, Odonga Otto yesterday filed a petition before the Attorney General’s office, seeking to call for 17 independent MPs to be thrown out of Parliament. The MPs’ woes […]
The Members of Parliament on the adhoc committee investigating the bribery cases in the oil sector have today thrown out the Bank of Uganda governor Emmanuel Mutebile for attending to them unprepared. Mutebile had been summoned by the committee to explain the One trillion shillings the Uganda Revenue Authority executive director, Allen Kagina said has […]