According to a new list before the parliamentary Committee on National Economy, the support to Post- Primary Education and Training (PPET) $29.46million (about Shs59 billion) grant under the Ministry of Education which was approved in 2005 was considered the best utilised loan followed by the $29.83 million (about Shs60 billion) Bujagali Interconnection Project released under the Energy sector.
The worst performing loans were mostly from the Ministry of Agriculture according to the Committee chairperson, Mr Steven Mukitale.
Daily Monitor 4th March 2010
Chogm money scandal embarrasses Uganda
With reference to the headline story; Bukenya, Kutesa face MPs over Chogm cash in Daily Monitor of March 1, I wish to offer an alternative point of view. If I correctly understand the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:13, it appears that quite a lot of saltiness has come and gone from Uganda of recent.
Moral fibre brought by the British, the level of education, those brilliant minds now in the Diaspora, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her advisers hearing about Chogm money scandals (a total embarrassment for a developing Commonwealth country), the Global Fund, NUSAF etc.
New Vision 4th March 2010
Saatchi and Saatchi pinned over ghost CHOGM billboards
Saatchi and Saatchi Consult managers were yesterday grilled by the public accounts committee over 291 “ghost” billboards.
Documents to the CHOGM probe committee showed that by November 13, 2007, the 291 sites agreed upon for billboard placement were non-existent and the space was occupied by other advertisers.
New Vision 4th March 2010
Six held over robbery
The Rapid Response Unit (RRU) and the Police in Kabarole district have arrested six suspected robbers who have been terrorizing the residents of Fort Portal town and passengers along the Fort Portal-Kampala highway.
New Vision 4th March 2010
What next after CHOGM corruption scandals?
The public accounts committee of Parliament is mandated to examine the audited accounts showing the appropriation of funds granted by Parliament to meet Government’s public expenditure.
It is now some time since the committee, headed by MP Nandala Mafabi, launched investigations into the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) expenses and I appreciate the work they have done.
The committee has proved there was a lot of mismanagement of public funds and many Government officials have been implicated in these scandals.
New Vision 4th March 2010
PAC should stand its ground
We, who love this country and care much about the prosperity for all, appreciate what the parliamentary accounts committee (PAC) is doing, especially in the fight against corruption. Minister Kabakumba Masiko has not appeared before PAC to explain why she referred to it as a ‘torture chamber’. PAC should stand its grounds if it is to be taken seriously.