Police in fort portal are holding a laboratory technician from Buhinga regional referral hospital for soliciting a bribe from a patient. The police have identified the suspect as Mwanguhya George aged 52 years and resident of Karambi SubCounty in Kabarole district. The victim who has been identified as Bakunda Deograsious says the lab technician asked for 150,000 shillings […]
A commission of inquiry into the mismanagement of PAMSU project cash has discovered that part of the project funds amounting to 2.19 billion Uganda shillings went missing and did not get to the intended UWA account through the tourism ministry. Appearing before the commission today, the former permanent secretary of the ministry between the years2006 to 2009, Dr. Sam Nahamya denies receiving this money […]
Outspoken MP for Lwemiyaga county Theodore Sekikubo has called upon the president to start considering resignation if he can’t fight corruption in Uganda. Addressing a press conference at parliament Sekikubo said that corruption is largely to blame for the current economic woes being experienced in Uganda. He says many people are getting money without working […]
The Deputy Chief Justice Alice Mpanga Bahangaine has called upon prisoner officers to ensure they know their duties and responsibilities. Speaking at the swearing in ceremony of the prisoner officers that was held at Kampala high court, Bahangaine urged the officers to follow the law of Uganda. She urged them to fight corruption in society. Meanwhile […]
The officer in-charge of Adiki health centre II in Amachi sub-county in Lira district Dickens Omonu has come under fire for alleged theft of drugs. It all started after Benard Adoko Amachi chairman petitioned Lira district officer demanding his intervention over the theft of government drugs. In his letter Adoko accuses Amonu of stealing 12 […]
Water and environment minister Maria Mutagamba says she is frustrated by the people she appoints to head the National Forestry Authority but end up involved in corruption scandals. Mutagamba says many of the officials she has appointed to the National Forestry Authority Board goes through scrutiny by state security agencies but turn out to be […]
Residents of Arua town have petitioned the inspectorate of government and office of the resident district commission over the alleged corruption that meld the Auctioning of the police exhibits. Last week police in Arua announced the sell by auction some of the unclaimed exhibits to members of the public. The item included 16 bicycles, 14 […]
The president of the republic of Uganda general Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on religious leaders to join hands with government in the fight against corruption. In his speech read to him by the minister of local government hon Adolf Mwesige during the golden jubilee celebrations of fort portal diocese yesterday, Museveni said for the […]
The Anti corruption court chief magistrate Irene Akankwasa has ordered former health ministers implicated in the mismanagement of GAVI funds to pursue their appeal in the Supreme Court expeditiously so that their corruption case which continues to reflect the judicial system as a back log is cleared. The suspects include Jim Muhwezi, Dr Alex Ka,ugisha, […]
The Leader of Uganda’s Opposition Nandala Mafabi has delivered the opposition’s response to President Museveni’s 2011 State of the Nation Address calling on the government to get more serious in the fight against corruption. Mafabi told Parliament on Tuesday that the government needs to do more in investigating corruption related cases and prosecuting all those implicated. The opposition also […]