The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is to start collecting all the tuition and other fees paid by students in public Universities in abid to curb misuse of funds by management.

The directive was given by the Ministry of Finance and a single account which will be run by URA is yet to be opened on which students will send-in all their dues.

Acoording to the ministry of finance spokesperson, Mr Jim Mugunga, said that the new strategy will help fight the vice of ghost students, bureaucracy and costs in public universities.

“We realised that there was abuse of funds in our institutions of learning because some of the tuition is being collected but not used. Some tuition is stolen while some money just disappears. So, let URA collect this money, let this money come as government revenue and let it be budgeted for and appropriated,” Mr Mugunga told Daily Monitor by telephone yesterday.

He decried the current system that makes it difficult for government to do followups on complaints of money laundering and fraud.

“Once we get to know how much each institution is collecting, we shall facilitate timely release of money back to the universities to take care of students, staff and institutional support,

“Tuition is actually government revenue and not money that belongs to universities. Historically, when revenue collection was not streamlined, the ministry had allowed institutions to collect on its behalf as we built internal capacities and get most institutions networked and strengthened. URA is, therefore, ready and the most suitable agency to handle this task,” ” he added.

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The chairman African region and executive director, Cavendish University, Dr. Ketrine Salati, many courses need huge sums of money to be taught yet they are paying heavy taxes to the government making it difficult for them to have some of these courses at these institutions.

Dr. Ketrine also adds that the university that is slated to have its first graduation ceremony towards the end of the week has already embraced the east African community common market by spread its branches to Tanzania, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda.

He says they are also establishing learning centers in upcountry areas, with two already running in Soroti and Kisoro districts.

By Isaac Senabulya

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The Beyond Juba project has hailed the government of Uganda for a reconciliation process in Northern Uganda.

The Minister of State for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Fred Ruhindi recently said that Uganda government will soon start a reconciliation process in Northern Uganda.

Oloka Onyango

After over 25 years of LRA insurgency led by Joseph Kony, various stakeholders are looking at ways of restoring total peace in the region and one of the ways is coming up with reconciliation processes for the people of Northern Uganda.

One of the advisors of the project Dr. Joe Oloka Onyango told the press in Kampala today that they are delighted with the minister’s remarks because reconciliation will help the people of the North get out of poverty

Onyango who is a Makerere University Law Don however appealed to the Uganda government to carry out the process in a timely and well planned manner to avoid failing to achieve its ultimate objective of entrenching peace and reconciliation amongst the people of Northern Uganda.

The Makerere University Don also appealed to the ICC to constructively engage in equitable, impartial and non- discriminatory processes of justice to ensure permanent peace in the region.

By Zacharia Tiberondwa

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Event: ‘Two-day Luganda Conference’

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