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Two employees of Ministry of Finance have been charged with corruption before Uganda’s Anti-Corruption court and remanded to Luzira prison until April 13. John Charles Ogol, a principle finance officer together with Geoffrey Turyamuhika, a senior economist,  appeared before Chief Magistrate Agnes Alum Friday and denied the charges. Prosecution alleges that …

By Our Reporter President Yoweri Museveni has directed Dr. Asuman Lukwago, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health to dismiss Frank Mugisha Kasaka, the head of procurement for allegedly asking for a bribe from an investor. The President’s directive follows a complaint from Enrica Pinetti the chairman of Finasi, …

By Andrew M. Mwenda It is very unlikely that Museveni would trade US$ 404m to the treasury for a private bribe of $50m. Here is why. Press reports that Tullow Oil discussed to bribe President Yoweri Museveni with a private cash payment of US$50 million for his 2011 re-election campaign …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The only difference between our politicians is one of power, not policy; eating, not serving Last week, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) held a meeting to discuss whether its members of the 8th Parliament who took the Shs20m “bribe” from President Yoweri Museveni to pass …