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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The authorities of various regional referral hospitals want the monopoly of National Medical Stores to procure and supply medicine broken, according to the Public Accounts Committee Chairperson, Nathan Nandala Mafabi. He disclosed this on Tuesday as his committee was finalizing its engagements with National …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital officials found a hard time on Tuesday to explain recurring queries raised by the Auditor General’s reports, key among them the expiry of drugs, which management has failed to dispose of. The officials were appearing before the Public Accounts Committee of …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee-PAC of parliament has issued a two day’s ultimatum to Mulago National Referral hospital officials to account for more than Shillings 245 million. The committee Chaired by Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the Budadiri West MP issued the ultimatum on Monday afternoon when …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered Makerere University to pay an accumulated water bill of 1.2billion shillings. According to the Directorate of Estates and Works the bill accumulated from March 2014 – March 2019. Last month, the Directorate of Estates and Works …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Budadiri West Member of Parliament Nathan Nandala Mafabi has re-assumed the leadership of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), one of the four accountability committees. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is mandated to examine the audited accounts by the Auditor General showing the appropriation of …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Constitutional Court has ordered Uganda’s parliament to pay Sh50m to High Court Judge Joseph Murangira for injuring his reputation by making a report against him without giving him a fair hearing. This follows a consent judgement he entered between a private company Beach Side …

Dormancy of once vibrant parliament watchdog committee shines light on leadership and funding Budadiri County MP Nandala Mafabi has not been on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament since 2011 but the chartered accountant and lawyer remains the most recognisable name to have led it. His adeptness with numbers, …

Uganda’s Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee is to come up come up with a “name and shame” campaign to expose public servants and government institutions that have a persisting poor corruption record. The committee vice chairperson Gerald Karuhanga said that the list will depend on their findings as they scrutinize annual reports from …

An investigation reveals who really is behind Facebook character How do you track a character who is hell-bent on hiding their identity on the online social networking service, Facebook? That is the task several individuals and intelligence institutions in Uganda have sought to answer as they sought to unmask a …

By Kyle Beaulieu Bukenya, CHOGM looters wont be punished The much-hyped, soon-to-be-released official report from the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will only be that: a report. Parliament can only make recommendations; a court has to make the verdict. Justice will be left to the judiciary and the dedication of …