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AVIATION NEWS | Airspace Africa | A recent report by the Auditor General of Uganda highlighting the financial Performance of Public Corporations and State Enterprises has laid bare the devastating effects of the global pandemic on Africa’s aviation industry with the new National Airline and the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An audit report by the Auditor General John Muwanga has qualified the accounts of the Ministry of Health to several irregularities in expenditure of money mainly meant for the Covid-19 pandemic response. A qualified opinion means a statement issued by an auditor accompanying an entity’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Budget committee of Parliament have demanded for an audit into the funds received by government to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. The demand was put to the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija who appeared before the committee on Monday to present government priorities in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has disputed accountability flaws in the procurement and nationwide distribution of non-medical masks meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The flaws are highlighted in a report by the Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit in the Ministry of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on Wednesday tasked the Minister of State for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo to ensure that a clear audit is carried out in the fire which gutted Makerere University main administration building the Ivory Tower over the weekend. This was during …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has ordered the government to compile and submit to Parliament and court a full audit report on the status of maternal health in Uganda at the end of each of the next two financial years. The panel of five Judges who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A special audit report has pinned the principal treasurer of Ishaka-municipal council Jackson Muhwezi for illegally withdrawing 112 million Shillings from the general funds account of the district. The funds were withdrawn in the 2018/19 and 2019/20 financial years. The audit conducted by the …

  Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district Chief Administrative Officer Malik Mahabba has ordered for a special audit of Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipal council. This follows a directive from the Criminal Investigations Department. The police are investigating cases of embezzlement of 92 million shillings and 194 million shillings. According to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) has opened an audit into the Makerere University graduation gowns to ascertain whether all the guidelines on local procurement were followed. Uthman Ssegawa, the PPDA acting executive director, told reporters in Kampala on Thursday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed a forensic audit into a 2.2 million US Dollars World Bank project grant extended to the Finance Ministry. The 8.4 billion Shillings project was extended to the Ministry by World Bank’s multi-donor trust fund- the Energy Sector …