Corruption

President Museveni vows to confiscate property of all corrupt government officials

President Museveni vows to confiscate property of all corrupt government officials

President Museveni has vowed to enact a law of confiscating property of all government workers accused of corruption. While addressing media houses on Monday at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala, the President hinted that he will be in touch with the speaker of parliament aimed at bringing a law that will be discussed in parliament […]

Museveni to wage war against corruption

Museveni to wage war against corruption

President Yoweri Museveni has promised to deal with the corrupt officials in his new term of government; he gave the warning as he delivered his state of nation address to parliament as he opened the second sitting 10th parliament. He told parliament that his government is going to handle the corrupt officials like the national resistance movement brought discipline in the […]

Kivejinja warns youth against involving in corruption scandals.

Kivejinja warns youth against involving in corruption scandals.

The first prime minister and minister of East Affairs Ali Kirunda Kivejinja has warned the young generation against involving themselves in corruption scandals. He made the remarks while officiating at the international Anti-corruption week at the CHOGM grounds in Kampala. He said that the youth can live longer and gain wealth without being corrupt. He  also warned the young […]

Apathy causing Corruption – Minister

Apathy causing Corruption – Minister

The ethics and integrity minister, Rev. Ft. Hon. Simon Lokodo attributes the current corruption acts in the country to apathy among citizens and urges them to denounce the act. Lokodo adds that moral decadency among Ugandans had also taken center stage causing disinterest among Ugandans to fight the vice that has continued to eat up the […]

Catch the big fish also- MPs tell Mulyagonja

Catch the big fish also- MPs tell Mulyagonja

Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs have quizzed the Inspector General of Government(IGG) Justice Irene Mulyagonja over her failure to catch what they called the big fish stealing public funds and goes for  chicken thieves . Mulyagonja was appearing before the legal committee to defend the IGG’s budget of […]

IGG trashes proposal to offer amnesty to corrupt officials

A proposal fronted by General Salim Saleh asking the Inspector General of Government to offer amnesty to public servants for accumulating illicit wealth has been rejected. The Inspector General of Government, Ms Irene Mulyagonja, has turned down the said proposal by Gen. Saleh to extend amnesty to public servants who have illicitly accumulated wealth over […]

Bad Black returns to court amidst controversy

  Kampala City socialite Shanita Namuyimbwa a.k.a. Bad Black returns at the anti corruption department of the high court on Monday next week. The case was meant to be heard this week but it flopped after the judge handling, Catherine Bamugemereire it did not show up because she had lost a relative. Bad black is […]

Ken Lukyamuzi says Museveni abused office many times

President General of the Conservative Party, John Ken Lukyamuzi told newsmen that President Museveni, whom he called a dictator, has abused his office many times. He says that Museveni who has ruledUgandafor over 26 years caused war in Great Lakes Region, looted goods in Democratic Republic of Congo, and mismanagedUganda’s economy. Lukyamuzi, who is also […]

FDC asks women to tie themselves on trees

  Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has asked the women of Uganda to tie themselves on trees at the NGO Forum (Kabalagala) head offices in solidarity with the mothers who are caring for children with nodding disease. The mysterious nodding disease invaded northern Uganda and it has already claimed several lives and dozens of others […]

MP faces trial over embezzlement

The hunter has now become the hunted. The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court on Tuesday will start the hearing of the case in which MP Yokasi Bihande of Bukonzo East is facing embezzlement and fraud charges. The Court on March 12th 2012 extended the trial of Bihande to Tuesday this week because the MP […]