Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)

MPs order UNRA to rein on staff who wrongly approved 65 billion to a construction firm

The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has ordered the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to give the committee names of all the Authority staff who initiated and approved the unjustified payment during the reconstruction of Mbarara-Ntungamo-Kabale –Katuna road a project that cost 65 billion shillings. The committee while meeting the […]

Karim Hirji tells MPs CHOGM transformer was a gift from M7

Karim Hirji tells MPs CHOGM transformer was a gift from M7

Business man Karim Hirj last week confirmed that the 262 million shillings given to him by President to purchase a transformer during the 2007 Common Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) was a gift. Karim told this to a team of four MPs who had been sent by the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises […]

MPs order UBC to clear Parliament over 10 billion debt reflected in its accounts records.

MPs order UBC to clear Parliament  over 10 billion debt reflected in its accounts records.

The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has directed Uganda Broadcasting Corporation management  to clear Parliament over 10 billion shillings reflected in UBC accounts as a debt by Parliament. The directive was made by the  deputy chairperson of the committee, Anita Among, after the query raised by the audit report of […]

MPs warn UNRA on the use of uninsured vessels operating on water bodies.

MPs warn UNRA on the use of uninsured vessels operating on water bodies.

Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have directed the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to stop authorizing vessels operating on waters without being insured. The directive was given following a discovery by the legislators that UNRA commissioned the operation of Kyoga one ferry on Zengebe –Namasare between […]

Minister of state for Investment dismisses COSASE findings

Minister of state for Investment dismisses COSASE findings

The implicated minister in the irregular land allocation to investors has dismissed the findings by the members of parliament sitting on the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE), saying the findings were biased against him. Eng. Dr. Ajedra Gabriel Gadison Aridru who is the minister of state for Investment says that […]