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03 Jul '25
Four officials from Gulu University, among them Accounting Officer David Obol Otori, have been arrested on the orders of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament after being implicated in a Sh530 million financial loss to the Government.The arrests were made at Parliament followin
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02 Jul '25
The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has escalated his war on corruption within the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) by ordering the arrest of Brigadier General Cyrus Besigye Bekunda, Chief of Joint Staff Engineering. The arrest, anno
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25 Jun '25
Businessman and community activist Simon Nicholas Owino has called for transformative leadership, youth empowerment, and grassroots-driven development in Tororo North Constituency, accusing the political elite of neglect and mismanagement.Speaking during a local community engagement ,Owino
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13 Jun '25
The State Minister for Higher Education, Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo, has directed the Principal of Nakaseke Technical Institute, Alexander Mugisha, to step down immediately following a wave of complaints from students and district officials regarding gross mismanagement at the government-ru
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09 Jun '25
Uganda’s Ambassador to the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Isaac Ssebulime has called on all stakeholders involved in Hajj affairs to exercise transparency in managing this critical pillar of the Islamic faith.Ambassador Sebulime made the remarks while bidding farewell to Ugandan pilgrims
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05 Jun '25
Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa has warned that Uganda’s fight against corruption will remain futile unless its leaders begin to lead by personal example.Speaking on NBS Television on Thursday, June 5, the opposition legislator criticised the government’s overreliance on laws a
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28 May '25
Police officers across the country could soon face displacement and potential homelessness following revelations by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament that critical police land remains unprotected, undocumented, and in some cases, has been handed over for commercial use.Duri
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28 May '25
The recent grassroots elections of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) have left deep divisions across the Lango sub-region, following widespread allegations of manipulation, exclusion, and favouritism.The internal polls, intended to revitalize party structures from the village t
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28 May '25
Former Minister of Finance Syda Bbumba has bounced back into active politics after being elected as the vice chairperson of the Nakaseke District NRM party.Bbumba, 73, served as Uganda’s Finance Minister from 2009 to 2011, Energy Minister from 2002 to 2006,
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19 May '25
Uganda’s president Museveni recently recently tasked the public service commission chairperson, Winnie Kabogoza, to look into financial mismanagement allegations the internal auditors had unearthed against the disgraced URBRA/retirement benefits authority form