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Lira district stuck with unsued Shs. 4bn for staff recruitment

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira District local government is stuck with Shillings 4 billion meant for the recruitment of staff, especially in the health department. The money, which was disbursed to the district at the beginning of this Financial year, is laying redundant in the district’s account pending …

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CTI Africa, Buikwe Local Government sign historic digital health innovation agreement

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | CTI Africa Ltd, a leader in information technology, has signed a  healthcare agreement with the government of Uganda’s Buikwe District.  The agreement will transform the lives of all the district’s residents by implementing CTI’s ground-breaking LifeHealth software platform. In announcing the signing, CTI’s CEO Dr. …

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PDM cash to go direct to SACCOS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to curb the embezzlement of the Parish Development Model (PDM) funds, the government will start disbursing the revolving funds directly to Sacco group accounts. The parish Revolving fund is a capitalization grant from the government to SACCOs meant for lending to …

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Speaker rejects re-designation of Mapenduzi as PAC chairperson

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has declined the re-designation of Martin Ojara Mapenduzi by the Opposition, as chairperson of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee-PAC Local Government. On Tuesday, Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament reshuffled some members of the Shadow Cabinet including the …

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The rot in Local Government projects

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | In early August, Minister of State, Office of the President for Economic Monitoring Peter Ogwang started touring districts to check on government projects. What he came across was shocking, and was characterized by gross misuse of government funds, signs and symptoms of fraud, corruption and shoddy work. …

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Contractor of two Seed schools in Bunyoro accused of shoddy work

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwik Build Contractors and Engineers are on the spot over shoddy work at Kigorobya seed secondary school in Hoima district and Nyairongo Seed Secondary school in Kikuube district. The company owned by Patrick Isagara, a resident of Hoima City is accused of executing shoddy …

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New cities can’t perform without financial help

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations Agency in Uganda is worried that the newly created cities will increase the financing burden of the central government and affect the achievement of sustainable development goals. The UN Capital Development Fund, UNCDF, which aims to make public and private finance work for …

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