Medical Doctors under the Uganda medical Association have asked parliament to prevail over the sacking of the permanent secretary in the ministry of health Dr.Diana Atwine for sabotaging the government financial resolutions of paying the senior health officers. The president of the Uganda Medical Association , Dr.Anthony Okwar Obuku together with other medical interns while appearing before the legal […]
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has said it has discovered that there is alot of rigidity among top managers of the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) in the transfer of Teacher’s SACCO funds for its operation. This has prompted the committee to issue summons to managers of the Micro Finance Support Centre to explain […]
The Member of Parliament for Ntetwe County in Kyankwanzi district, Joel Sebikali, has called for a probe into activities of officials at the ministry of health whom he has accused of failing to avail adequate anti retro-viral drug for HIV/AIDS patients in the country especially at sub county hospitals. “Many people across the country have […]
The ministry of health in Uganda is to partner with that of tourism to ensure that all bats in western region are killed. This follows reports from ecologists that the bats are carriers of Ebola and Marburg. According to the permanent secretary ministry of health Dr. Asuman Lukwago all bats in caves and forests will […]
The chairman contracts committee of the ministry of health Jude Waswa has been handed over to the CID at parliament for questioning. This was after Waswa failed to explain why the ministry went ahead to procure motor vehicle tyres before the decision of the contracts committee was communicated to the permanent secretary. The committee is […]
The government of Uganda, represented by the office of the prime minister has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the second Northern Uganda Social Action (NUSAF2) project. The permanent secretary of the prime minister’s office Pius Birigimana says that the government intends to apply part of the proceeds for the […]
Members of Parliament on Foreign Affairs committee have Thrown out the permanent secretary for the ministry of foreign affairs Ambassador James Mugume after he failed to come with the ministers of Foreign Affair. They were supposed to explain to MPs why Ugandans living in United Arab Emirates are not helped by the embassy when they face problems […]
Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary, Ambassador James Mugume who has been bedridden for a long time has resumed office and immediately praised Ms Rhoda Keisho, a Munyankole babe who has been working in his absentia. Mugume in a meeting he held today at the ministry’s head offices told staff that Keisho did a very big job […]
The ministry of works and Transport has come out to curb down the rampant road traffic accidents caused by ill equipped vehicles on the road. The ministry now wants all drivers, owners of motorcycles, road users and the general public to comply with the following measures. All vehicles including motorcycles must be fitted with reflectors. […]
The government has dismissed rumours that oil production has already started in western Uganda and that some oil companies and government officials are already secretly benefiting from oil proceeds. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Kabagambe Kalisa says that oil production has not started and will commence in 12-18months from […]