Two executives from Motorcare company appeared before anti –corruption court over charges of conniving with former vice president, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya to be awarded the contract of purchasing BMW motor vehicles which were used during CHOGM. The Chief Executive Officer Per Lundgren and the Finance director Klaus Karstensen together with Bukenya, have however denied the […]
The Anti Corruption Court has begun hearing a case in which three ministers Sam Kutesa of Foreign Affairs, Mwesigwa Rukutana of labour and John Nasasira the government Chief whip are accused with abuse of office and causing financial loss to the government totaling to 14 billion shillings. The ministers who resigned their posts on Wednesday […]
Dated 13, 0ctober 2011 Tomorrow (October 13) we are appearing before court to answer to charges of causing financial loss arisisng out of our official duties duties Chogm. We shall definitely take the opportunity to plead our innocence and demonstarte that we are not guilty of the offences charged. We have, in order to allow […]
Members of parliament on the committee of legal and parliamentary affairs were today shocked to learn that government just donated money to some hotels during CHOGM preparations. The Inspector General of Government, Raphael Bakku who had appeared before the committee to defend his budget told members that government did not make any agreement for repayment […]
Over 30 UTODA wardens are demanding for their unpaid wages and allowances. They have also petitioned the office of the president and the ministry of transport demanding their money. The UTODA wardens who were led by their chairman Moses Kalungi said that their arrears 884 million shillings in total accrued during the Commonwealth Heads of Governments […]
President Yoweri Museveni has finally spoken out on the dilemma of former Ex-vice President Gilbert Bukenya, saying that he has no case to answer in relation to the Chogm scandal. The president said this during the NRM meeting that was held at State House Entebbe where he said he conducted his own investigations and found […]
The Inspectorate of government clears Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi from any wrong doing in regards to the procurement of security communication systems in preparation for the CHOGM conference The special Auditor General’s report dated April 2008 and the report of the Parliamentary public Accounts Committee had implicated Mbabazi who was then security minister and chair […]
The Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi is a happy man after it emerged today that the Inspector General of Government has cleared him of CHOGM related corruption and abuse of office charges. A report by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee released in May 2010 had implicated Mbabazi, then Minister of Security of “Influence peddling” in the […]
Uganda people’s congress has strongly condemned the step taken by government for dragging for vice president professor Gilbert Bukenya to court yet other suspects of CHOGM scandal are left free. The members say they are surprised to see only Bukenya being accused of using Chogm money for his selfish interest yet money was involved. Addressing […]
Democratic Party today welcomed the move by government to bring in court all government officials who engaged in the misuse and embezzlement of public funds. According to Democratic Party President Nobert Mao, it is absurd and embarrassing for one person to misuse the money alone yet there are no drugs in hospitals, roads are in a […]