Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Secretary to Treasury Keith Muhakanzi says that mischarge of expenditure is partly caused by insufficient funding for expenditure on different activities. This is carried in his written response to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)- Central Government in regard to the audit report on the …
Read More »Defense team seeks more time to face UPDF jet ranger probe
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs has requested for more time to respond to a summons by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer to audit queries related to the Jet Ranger helicopter which crashed in Bulo last month. A sub-committee of the …
Read More »Muhakanizi: No money for coronavirus emergency
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament-PAC on Tuesday afternoon established that government lacks money to handle any emergency that would arise from the coronavirus outbreak. The Secretary to the Treasury, Keith Muhakanizi revealed this while appearing before PAC to respond to queries in the …
Read More »PAC grills Secretary to Treasury over Public Debt Management
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned the Secretary to Treasury Keith Muhakanizi over failure to prioritize and categorize domestic arrears under the stock of public debt. Muhakanizi together with the Accountant General Lawrence Ssemakula were on Tuesday appearing before the committee to respond …
Read More »PAC to probe procurement of UPDF jet ranger helicopter spare parts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament will on February 5th start the probe into the procurement of spare parts for the Jet Ranger Aircraft that was last week involved in a crash. On Tuesday, a Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF jet Ranger AF302 …
Read More »Lands Ministry officials grilled over UGX 31 Billion domestic arrears
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTÂ | The Ministry of Lands ministry has attributed the high debt in domestic arrears on compensation claims by former ranchers who lost land to government. This was revealed during a meeting between officials from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development led by the Permanent …
Read More »PAC orders forensic audit of sh8.4 billion Uganda clean cooking grant
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed a forensic audit into a 2.2 million US Dollars World Bank project grant extended to the Finance Ministry. The 8.4 billion Shillings project was extended to the Ministry by World Bank’s multi-donor trust fund- the Energy Sector …
Read More »PS Atwine, Segawa record statements with CID over unlawful expenditure of UGX 6 Billion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTÂ | The Health Ministry, Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine and Under Secretary, Ronald Segawa, have recorded statements with the Criminal Investigations Department for unlawful expenditure of shillings 6 billion. The duo was handed over to the CID by the Public Accounts Committee chaired by its …
Read More »MPs demand list of patients treated at Nakasero hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTÂ | The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has asked the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs to present a list of patients treated at Nakasero hospital. The committee was on Tuesday meeting the Defense Ministry officials led by Lieutenant General Joseph Musanyufu, the UPDF Joint Chief …
Read More »PAC directs Gulu University to evict private businesses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee-PAC has asked Gulu University to evict all private businesses operating irregularly in the university precincts. They include among others banks, restaurants, printing and photocopying centers. In his 2017/2018 financial year report, the Auditor General noted that more than 10 private …
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