According to a recent survey by the Inspectorate, the cost of corruption in Uganda has risen from 9.1 trillion Shillings in 2019 to 20 trillion Shillings annually. Half of this money is lost during procurement processes, under declaration of tax and utility costs among others.
Addressing Parliament on Thursday, Tayebwa directed that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gen. Jeje Odongo to present to parliament a comprehensive statement in two weeks’ time on measures being taken to negotiate friendly Visa terms for ordinary Ugandans.
Court of Appeal Justices comprised of the Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Hellen Obura and Catherine Bamugemereire on Thursday upheld Walyomu's victory after dismissing an election appeal filed by his rival Fredrick Munyirwa.
Moroto Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Justin Tuko announced the decision on Thursday, saying the curfew will run between 8 pm and 5 am mostly in camp Swahili, Kambizi and Camp Swahili juu where cases of burglary are on the rise.
Until his father’s demise, little or nothing was known about Ojok’s political ambitions in his native home district of Omoro or around the country. The 32-year-old had spent most of his career working as an Information and Technology professional at the National Information Technology Authority -Uganda (NITA-U) and other organizations.
Dalton Byakatonda, a resident of Kihengamo Village, in Katuna Town Council, Kabale District says that in 2020, workers of Amugoli General Enterprises Limited illegally trespassed on his quarter-acre of land with excavators and started extracting murram and soil.
In their ruling read by the Court of Appeal Registrar, Lillian Bucyana, the court of appeal judges faulted the High court for entertaining Katushabe’s petition on grounds that it was filed late. They argued that Katushabe should have filed a complaint with the Electoral Commission during the nomination process.
GAVI’s CEO Seth Berkley told journalists in a news conference that they have so far delivered up to 1.4billion doses of vaccines to countries in need, have up to 500million doses allocated and enough in stock for even those that want a specific choice of vaccine.
The wild animals majorly elephants, Hippopotamus, crocodiles and Buffalos from Bugungu Wildlife Conservation Area stray into the community almost on a daily basis causing havoc to locals and garden crops.
Franklin Jjingo, who lost Shillings 3million to the scam says that they woke up on Monday when the financial withdraws had been suspended before the online platform was completely closed down on Wednesday.
The summons were issued by Kazo County MP, Dan Kimosho on Thursday after the commissioners failed to appear before his committee even after they were formally invited.
Komakech argued that prior to joining the elections, he tendered his resignation to the Executive Director of Butabika because she was the very person who gave him his appointment letter.
Simon Peter Mundeyi, the ministry of internal affairs spokesperson, said they have no space where to keep the passports thus urging people who applied for them to go to Kyambogo access centre and pick their travel document.
Matthew Oloya Oryang, an elder in Lunganuya Parish in Orom Sub County says that the persistent rustling and insecurity have greatly disrupted social, economic and cultural lives in the affected areas.
On a daily, Naluwooza buys a box of mangoes from city markets to vend and make a profit. Until close to three months back when fuel prices went up affecting the prices of many other commodities, Naluwooza bought each box of mangoes at 13000 shillings. But with changes in prices, she buys the same box at 40,000 shillings causing a drastic decline in her profit, from 50,000 shilling to 20,000 shillings. Yet, buyers too have reduced.
