Uganda government

Prof. Kiddu Makubuya to answer over Rhino Investments compensation

Public Accounts Committee insists that the former Attorney General Prof. Kiddu Makubuya must explain why Rhino Investments was paid extra money when the executive cancelled its tender for kiseka market redevelopment and management. This followed 14.9 Billion shillings paid as Compensation against 6.1 Billion Shillings to Rhino investment contrary to valuation Committee which was  headed by […]

Finance Ministry not ready to release 16 billion to Makerere staff

The deputy secretary to treasury mukahanizi Keith says he can’t release 16 billion shillings to the striking Makerere university lectures as ordered by the president. In one of the letter to the lecturers, president Museveni has ordered the treasury to pay the lecturers 16 billion shillings provided the university withdraws a suit against the National […]

Basajjabalaba cited in Nsambya Railway land

MPS sitting on the Commissions, Statutory Authorities and state Enterprises have discovered that City tycoon Hassan Bassajjabalaba  owns part of Nsambya Railway controversial land. The committee Chaired by Patrick Amuriat got to learnt this while meeting the chairman Uganda land commission Joshua Mayanja Nkangi. Nkangi told the committee that Kampala International University is part of […]

Privatisation unit officials grilled over Uganda Railways land

Members of parliament on the commissions, statutory and State Enterprises have grilled the privatization Unit Director David Ssebabi over the sale of Nsambya Railways land to unknown developers. The committee chaired by the mp for kumi county Patrick Amurait noted that Nsambya Railways land was transferred to government from the privatization unit and each acre […]

Uganda government to support bee farming

With the country’s bee farming sector slowing growing and very little is known about them, the government is now calling upon all bee farmers to register with The Uganda National Agriculture Development Organization (TONADO) for the government to easily extend financial assistance to them for growth. According to the junior minister for agriculture and animal […]

Spenkon complains on failure to finish Nyangaka hydro power dam

Work at Nyangaka hydro power dam in zambo district has been halted. Media reports say none of the country engineers hired by the government has showed up at the construction site. Recadal Kosanti the resident engineer of spekon civil construction company says that they have failed to complete the remaining work because of the failure […]

Police arrests 150 illegal immigrants, 87 charged

Police in Kisoro has arrested over 150 Congolese’s and Rwandese nationals in a joint operation against the illegal immigration into the country. The police say 63 of them were deported while others appeared before court to answer charges of illegal entry into Uganda. Police says 78 of the people arrested were found to be Congolese […]

Parliament appeals for finances for Uganda Human Rights Commission

MPs on the committee of legal and parliamentary affairs have asked the ministry of finance to urgently find money to have the Uganda human rights commission relocate from the office were they are currently housed. The chairperson of the committee Steven Tashobya says the current buildings on Buganda road where the commission is housed is […]

Construction of Auditor House commences

Ultimate Media The government has begun the construction of office premises for the office of the auditor General in Kampala. The 13 storied building Audit house located on plot 2c Apollo Kagwa road next to ministry of foreign affairs is to cost the government of Uganda 37.35billion shillings. The auditor’s general office currently has its […]