The trade, industry and co-ops minister, Amelia Kyambadde reminded all Ugandan traders to always take up opportunities available to them to always exploit markets in the provided free trade zones namely in India and China which government has outsourced for them.

Ugandans can send a number of goods to the two countries duty free but it is of great concern that most of the traders have not taken up these chances and thus the loud call by the trade minister to the traders to fully aggressively take up these chances to make more money and expand their businesses. She also urges Ugandans to take up the initiative to resurrect the dis-functioning CO-OPS assuring citizens that that is where government will then come out to render a helping hand to them.

In other news the executive director, Public Procurement Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), Cornelia Sabiti says they have so far suspended over 90 companies that are contracted for different government projects and have failed to meet the required quality standards. She says, they are now putting more emphasis on ensuring that the contractors in different government entities deliver than it has been before when PPDA was just doing the monitoring work.

Sabiti also says that this will save government more monies that before have been spent on incompetent contractors who eventually cause loss of tax payer’s money.

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Mafabi told journalist at parliament the list of ministers who should resign include the Attorney Peter Nyombi for abuse of office , minister for Gender Syda Bumba  implicated in Basajjabalaba 142 billion scandal , minister for information Mary karoro okrut accused of stealing UBC land , prof khiddu makubiya  who was also in Basajjabalaba deal, Hilary onek and prime minister john Patrick amama Mbabazi who are implicated in oil bribes.

He said that if these ministers remain in office by the time parliament return from recess , MPS will force them out through censure.

He said that the money mismanaged by these ministers should have been invested in schools, hospitals, roads improvement.

He also said that kabakumba described the public Accounts committee which Nandala was heading in the Chogm expenditure investigations as a torture chamber because she was protecting herself from being known to have stolen tax payers money.

By Isaac Senabulya

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The latest is tension between Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and KCCA Executive Director, Jennifer Musisi over decisions made.

This has now spilled over to the council and committee meetings, with Lukwago halting their sittings indefinitely over what he describes as failure by top leadership in respecting his decision on pertinent matters.

The committees affected by his new directive are the standing and oversight committees of the authority.

Lukwago says the committees have been rendered idle, since their decisions are always ignored.

He says their powers have been usurped by the city Executive Director, whom he says is running the authority single headedly.

The lord mayor is also questioning the absence of the physical planning authority, which is supposed to be charged with ensuring implementation of the master plan.

He questions who is directing decisions to demolish buildings in the city in the absence of the planning authority.

Lukwago says the councilors have been sent on holiday to show discontent with the manner in which business is run but also save the tax payers’ money.

He says it’s useless for the councilors to remain in office being paid the tax payers when they are not doing anything productive.

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