Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Government, Beti Olive Kamya maintains that ordinary Ugandans should be at the forefront of fighting Corruption. Kamya, a former Presidential candidate said citizens who don’t hold political power are more affected by the impact of the corrupt practices because if services …
Read More »Museveni speaks tough on energy, education and corruption
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reassured Ugandans of adequate security and steady economic growth following the disruptions occasioned by the global health threat of the Covid-19 pandemic. He also warned of a need to focus on Uganda’s energy needs to avert a crisis in the …
Read More »‘Independent unit at State House to protect investors from corrupt officials’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has said he will institute a specialized Unit attached to State house, which he says will safeguard investors from corruption tendencies, fronted by both politicians and technocrats to fleece investors when they solicit for bribes. Museveni notes …
Read More »Deputy CDF challenges junior officers to desist from corruption
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Chief of Defense Forces, Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu has tasked newly commissioned junior officers to desist from engaging in corruption tendencies, which he says could threaten their career growth. While addressing the junior officers who underwent a five weeks course in pan-Africanism and …
Read More »Museveni’s many labours
Corruption, homosexuality and Muhoozi as seen through the president’s address to parliament COMMENT | IAN KATUSIIME | In his address to Parliament on March 16, President Yoweri Museveni did not mention a word about the iron sheets; the raging corruption scandal engulfing his Cabinet where the Vice President, Speaker of Parliament …
Read More »The trouble with public hearings 2
Why I harbor a deep-seated hostility to parliamentary and other investigations into public corruption THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | I promised in this column last week to return to the NSSF saga and shade more light on how public hearings distort facts and purvey bias and prejudice. ( The Trouble …
Read More »CAOs, town clerks petition IGG over low pay
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Administrative Officers-CAOs and town clerks used a corruption sensitization meeting convened by the Inspectorate of Government-IG to lobby for a pay rise, saying their meager earnings tempt them to engage in corruption. The Inspector General of Government Beti Olive Kamya was meeting the Chief …
Read More »Netball federation hits back at Ogwel over kickbacks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The war of words between Sarah Babirye Kityo, the president of the Uganda Netball Federation, and Dr. Patrick Ogwel, the General Secretary of the National Council of Sports General is far from over. Kityo has made fresh allegations accusing Ogwel of asking for kickbacks whenever disbursing funds to facilitate …
Read More »IGG to recruit 4000 community monitors to assist fight corruption
Kampala, Uganda | THEINDEPENDENT | The Office of the Inspectorate of Government – IGG has embarked on a program to recruit and deploy community volunteers to assist in the fight against corruption. The Inspectorate is targeting to recruit more than 4000 community monitors with at least 10 from each parish. The …
Read More »I am victim of witch hunt, says NSSFs Richard Byarugaba
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Managing Director of the National Social Security Fund-NSSF, Richard Byarugaba says that corruption allegations leveled against him have no evidence and are just a witch hunt. Byarugaba briefly made the statement before Parliament’s select committee investigating the operations of the NSSF. The select …
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