According to estimates from the Ministry of Works and Transport, the average cost of upgrading a kilometre of paved road is about sh3.1 billion, exposing corruption in rehabilitating roads such as the 1.37-kilometre road in Arua City which is three times the estimated cost. The Committee on Public Accounts (Central Government) has drawn the attention […]
Hospital officials, who appeared before the committee with what were deemed substandard and evasive responses, were dismissed and ordered to return on Wednesday at 9:00am with clearer explanations and documentation. Police at Parliament on Tuesday arrested Daniel Mangeni, the accountant of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, over failure to account for sh548m received by the hospital […]
Mukono district council has expressed concern for the over three-year silence of the district Public Accounts Committee (PAC), despite the alleged continued release of allowances to the committee members. Lauben Ssenyonjo, the district male youth councilor has tasked the district chairperson, Rev. Dr. Peter Bakaluba Mukasa to explain reasons why the PAC has taken this […]
Mukono Municipal Council authorities have resorted to security to recover the funds disbursed under the Youth Livelihood Project (YLP) and Uganda Women Empowerment Programme (UWEP). The Municipal Council received over sh1.3bn, which was distributed to different beneficiary groups as part of these projects. However, the Auditor General’s Report for the Financial Year ending June 30, […]