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Shs 22bn scam rocks Rural Electrification Agency
A controversial $33.6m (about Shs 131bn) deal has cast a dark shadow on the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) after revelation of procurement discrepancies indicating the body could have lost $5.7m (Shs 22bn) in the bidding process. REA is a semi-autonomous body charged with operationalizing government’s rural electrification function. Under the project dubbed Uganda Rural Electricity Access […]
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Tanzania lab officials suspended as president questions data
Tanzania’s government on Monday suspended the director and a senior official of the national laboratory responsible for coronavirus testing after President John Magufuli denounced irregularities at the facility. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu ordered the suspensions and formed a committee of nine experts to investigate the laboratory’s testing system, the ministry said. Magufuli, who has consistently […]
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Why cushion comfortable MPs?
A couple of weeks ago, Members of Parliament questioned why Chief Administrative Officers, district chairpersons, Community Development Officers and other leaders, especially at the local government level were getting a slice of the COVID-19 action and yet they were being excluded from it. Little known to the rest of the population was that these MPs […]
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Corruption, lack of rule of law will be the death of Uganda
Uganda is yet to fully appreciate the extent of the exposure that citizens have been put to, but this could happen within a week or two after a number of officials, who claimed to love their kin more than the rest of us, used their position and power to bypass all forms of screening at […]
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End rackets in BoU, Finance ministry
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, has written to the Uganda Mission in Beijing, China, to return some $583,200 about Shs2b that was allegedly erroneously sent as part of a request to support Ugandan students affected by the lockdown on Wuhan in Hubei Province of China that was hitherto, the epicentre of the […]
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Govt mischarges are unacceptable – CSOs
Analysis. Often times the Auditor General releases reports on how different government ministries have performed in the previous financial years and these never fail to indicate an issue of mischarge of funds by government officials and Daily Monitor’s Christine Kasemiire finds out why. While ‘fight corruption’ is the mantra of the Government, audit reports of […]
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Customs officer detained for allowing 20 Congolese nationals into Uganda
Police in Kagadi District in western Uganda are holding an immigration and customs enforcement officer who allegedly cleared 20 Congolese nationals to enter Uganda after President Museveni ordered the closure of all boarders. The presidential directive was announced on national televisions and radios as an added precaution to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus […]
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Recruit mining inspectors ask CSOs
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) advocating for transparency in government expenditure have said that if the Government wants to address all weaknesses in the assessment and collection of royalties from the mining sector, they must recruit Mining Inspectors. While addressing the media this morning at the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), Cissy Kagaba the Executive […]
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Uncoordinated government entities causing loss of billions – report
Lack of coordination between ministries, departments and agencies of government (MDAs) is costing the country billions of shillings in revenue, according to the latest Auditor General (AG)’s report. The AG report for the Financial Year 2018/2019 exposes MDAs uncoordinated working methods, resulting in revenue leakages that could have easily been plugged with just a little […]
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Civil society unhappy with leakages in the national budget
Uganda government collects less than 15% of mining royalties due to the absence of on-site mine inspectors, the auditor general has observed. The auditor general’s report for FY 2018/19 notes that the government collected only Shs 10.5bn as mining royalties yet the Customs and Excise department of Uganda Revenue Authority showed that Shs 70.2bn should […]
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