Parliament has struck a blow to the government’s plan to antagonize the wealth creation by creating a Parish Development Model (PDM) whereby all the funds were expected to be put in one pool to fund improved production of 18 commodities for the market. The commodities that the government want to develop and market under the PDM are; Coffee, cotton, cocoa, cassava, tea, vegetable oil/ oil palm, maize, rice, sugarcane, fish, diary, beef, bananas, beans, Avocado, Shea nut, Cashew nuts and Macadamia nuts. In approving the recommendations of the Budget Committee, Parliament voted to all the existing wealth creation programs and…
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For executing shoddy construction works on the Bank of Uganda (BoU) Currency Centre in Kabale, Kigezi sub-region, Pearl Construction Company is likely to be blacklisted from taking on any other construction work for government if recommendations of Parliament are implemented. This comes after Parliament approved a report of the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) on the audited accounts of Bank of Uganda in the Financial Year 2014/2015. COSASE led by Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa found that the Central bank made a loss of UGX12 billion to procure Roko Construction Company to renovate the work on…
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Parliament has approved a report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) with strong recommendations against the National Medical Stores (NMS) which has been faulted for inflating prices for essential medicine and also failing on contractual obligations. Established as a Statutory Corporation in 1993 by Act of Parliament, NMS is mandated to Procure, Stores and Distribute Essential Medicines and Medical Supplies to all Public Health Facilities in the Country. On top of this mandate, the NMS was in 2012 added another responsibility to the distribute Vaccines across the country. In a report presented to Parliament yesterday by PAC Chairperson Nathan Nandala…
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Members of Parliament has asked the police to arrest city socialite Brian Kirumira alias Bryan White after the report of the Committee on Human Rights pinned him for committing gross sexual abuse on some of the women under his supervision. Parliament also adopted a recommendation urging the Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth-Ochola to take disciplinary action against senior police officers that were attached to Kabalagala police station at the time the offenses were allegedly committed under their watch. “Brian Kirumira should immediately be arrested and charged for all the sexual offences committed as outlined in this report given that…
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The sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has exonerated property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia after its probe found that he genuinely owns the Plot 24, Kampala road. The Departed Asians Properties Custodian Board (DAPCB) had in July 2019 told the probe sub-committee chaired by Makindye East MP Ibrahim Kasozi that tycoon Sudhir’s property was never reposed by the original proprietors before selling it to him. But, in its report to Parliament that is set to be presented and adopted today, the probe sub-committee listed the country’s money magnet as the rightful owner of the…
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Findings and recommendations embedded in a report of a probe sub-committee of Parliament have called for talks between the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and Temangalo Tea Estates in order to end the long standing saga over the Temangalo land. But, the report seen by CEO East Africa Magazine is likely to conflict with the decision of the Land Division of the High Court in November 2019 clearing the NSSF and businessman Amos Nzeyi over their transactions as the former bought 366 acres of land from the later at UGX28 per acre. The sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions,…
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A probe by the sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has revealed that there were irregularities in the transfer of leasehold title of the Temangalo Tea Estate land in Mpigi District before the 366 acres were passed on to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). The COSASE sub-committee, chaired by Makindye East Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Kasozi, has been investigating the dubious repossession or fraudulent acquisition of properties left behind by the Asians who were expelled by President Idi Amin in 1972. The sub-committee during its probe received a petition from Nazim Moosa,…
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The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has faulted the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) causing a financial loss to the government by remitting 10 percent contribution to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for its pensionable staff. In a report to Parliament following investigations that resulted from a Whistleblower petition to the Speaker of Parliament, the COSASE led by outgoing Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa, has recommended that KCCA recovers the money erroneously remitted to the NSSF from the outstanding terminal benefits of former. The Committee was in agreement with the Whistleblower’s prayer that KCCA…
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Members of Parliament sitting on the Budget Committee have accused the Ministry of Finance of flouting the provisions of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2015 while providing for an additional budget worth UGX3.4 trillion which has increased the National Budget of Financial Year 2021/2022 from UGX41.29 trillion to UGX44.77 trillion. During the committee meeting with Finance Minister Matia Kasaija on Monday, the MPs asked him and the team of technical officers to return and explain whether the additional budget was in line with the law which provides for 3.5 percent of the total budget to cater for fiscal deficit….
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The Ministry of Finance, the authority which is charged with the preparing of the national budget, has come under the spotlight over allocating similar amounts of money to different activities within its internal budget, something that has raised moral questions from the Members of Parliament. CEO East Africa Magazine has seen the details of the 133 activities that had similar budget allocations in the Ministry of Finance with a total allocation of UGX138.911 billion. Also, Finance Minister Matia Kasaija and his team were yesterday grilled by the MPs on the Budget Committee for allocating to the Finance Ministry vote, billions…
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