Tag Archives: Peter Ogwang

Kaliro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three officals of Kaliro district local government have been arrested on fraud-related charges. The suspects currently detained at Kaliro Central Police station include Chief Administrative Officer Samuel Bigirwa, District Education Officer Edward Kamaga and the Parish Development Model-focal person Fred Mbalumya. They were arrested on …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has picked up three Entebbe municipal council officials for alleged corruption. The suspects are Frank Ssekagiri, the Entebbe Municipal Community Development Officer, Sarah Monica Nabirye, the Acting Principal Education Officer, and Engineer Christine Nanfuka. The trio was picked up on Tuesday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has urged government to begin verification of its projects in Kampala and Wakiso districts on the basis that the funded projects in the central are hardly felt. Informed by glaring reports of corruption and embezzlement of funds from other sub-regions, legislators said it was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the President is seeking a budgetary allocation of 12.33 billion Shillings to renovate the State House in Entebbe and 23 upcountry State lodges. Constructed in 2007, the State House in Entebbe has had no major rehabilitation works and needs a retouch, State …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Economic Monitoring in the President’s office Peter Ogwang has raised concern over the high costs involved in the implementation of government projects in Mbale district. Ogwang who was in Mbale district monitoring and inspecting government projects observes that while the costs …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city is operating without an approved budget, URN has learnt. This came to the fore last week in a meeting between Mbale City Council authorities and Peter Ogwang, the State Minister for Economic monitoring in the office of the President. During the meeting, Ogwang …

Mbale Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale City Council officials are on the spot over three funded projects that do not exist on the ground, and over costing prices of buildings. Over the weekend, the State Minister of Economic Monitoring Peter Ogwang inspected some of the projects in Mbale city, and …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Economic Monitoring, Peter Ogwang has demanded for a special audit into the ongoing construction works at the new Jinja district headquarter premises located in Buwenge town council. While inspecting the different government infrastructural projects in Jinja district on Wednesday, Ogwang …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kamuli district has arrested and detained the Kamuli municipal council engineer, Moses Kadumba over alleged misappropriation of funds meant to foster construction of the administrative block. It is reported that councilors resolved to construct a moderate administrative block worth 347 Million Shillings and …

Kibaale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kibaale Resident District Commissioner Deborah Mbabazi, is in trouble for commissioning an incomplete maternity ward at Matale health center III in Matale sub-county worth Shillings 700million. The maternity ward also has various defects, an indication of poor workmanship. The State Minister in Charge of Economic …