Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Post Bank has failed to recover Sh235million that was disbursed in double payments to COVID-19 cash beneficiaries, according to the bank’s Chief Executive Director, Andrew Kabeera. He disclosed this to a joint parliamentary team comprising the Public and Local Government Accounts committee. Parliament is currently …
Read More »Post Bank, telecoms explain Sh2.85Bn charges on relief funds
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint parliamentary team, comprising the Public and Local Government Accounts committees, has tasked officials from Post Bank Uganda Limited, MTN and Airtel to provide accountability for the 2.85 billion Shillings reportedly spent on administrative costs to send COVID-19 relief cash to vulnerable Ugandans. …
Read More »The curious case of MP Muhammad Ssegirinya
The Kawempe North MP opened a small hospital during the second wave of covid19 and has donated food and other items to support constituents beaten by the 42-day lockdown Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | âYou donât have to be rich to give. Giving comes from the heart.â Mohammed Ssegirinya, …
Read More »Russian vehicle tracking deal
How Museveni letter trapped Muhwezi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Tuesday July 27, the new Minister for security, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi made a humbling return to the headlines of Ugandan news media when he made a statement to parliament regarding the controversial vehicle tracking deal between Uganda …
Read More »France boosts Ugandaâs COVID-19 fight with more PPE, testing kits
Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The French Government has donated to Uganda an assortment of personal protective equipment, testing kits and respirators to boost the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation worth about âŹ2.7 million (Shs 10.8bn) includes 1,000,000 FFP2 masks, 54,600 antigen testing kits and nine …
Read More »Why Police should be interested in Kasese OPM relief scandal
Kasese OPM relief deliveries: Could it be syndicated or associated crime? COMMENT | Samson Tinka |Â Last week Ugandaâs new Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja had gone to Kasese for official duties that included officiating on the handover of relief supplies to flood victims. To her dismay the items procured by her …
Read More »PM Nabbanja says she has been threatened
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has revealed she will soon brief President Yoweri Museveni about threats directed at her. Nabbanja made the revelation to journalists at parliament shortly after attending the Bunyoro Parliamentary Caucus on Friday. She said some unidentified people have alreaedy started threatening …
Read More »Africa sidesteps warning on J&J Vaccine
Vaccine linked to rare condition in which the immune system attacks the nerves Africa, the continent with the worldâs lowest vaccination rate, is going ahead with plans to procure Johnson & Johnsonâs Covid-19 vaccine undeterred by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationâs warning about the inoculation. The FDA earlier this …
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 Mobile cash and her changes in PM office Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | Debonair. Reticent.  Uganda has recently had two very different prime ministers personality-wise; Amama Mbabazi and Ruhakana Rugunda. It is up to you to tick who of the two was debonair and who was reticent. Now …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Nabbanja and changes in PM office
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Robinah Nabbanja: Mobile cash and her changes in PM office THE LAST WORD Lessons from imperial hubris: How the US and her NATO allies lost trillions in a vain effort to turn Afghanistan …
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