Minister for Internal Affairs, Maj Gen (rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, issued a statutory instrument dissolving the NGO Bureau barely two weeks ago. This was followed by public service interviews to recruit staff for the now-turned department.
The rebranding effort seeks to distance the sport from past controversies, including financial mismanagement and internal disputes that have marred the UNF's reputation.
Mwase explained that the Committee has already reached out to several stakeholders to convene a general meeting (assembly) that will adopt a new constitution that the normalization has drafted.
Uganda's budget transparency score is 59 according to the Open Budget Survey 2023, but perform poorly on public involvement, at 15 on a scale of zero to 100.
The Katonga-based faction’s new political vehicle, People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), has chosen a phone as its party symbol and the slogan “Freedom for all and all for Freedom.
The debate on the bill was halted during a plenary session on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, Parliament’s Committees on Health, Tourism, Trade, and Industry presented a report that raised significant concerns about the bill's potential impact on government revenue.
Cumulatively, the tax exemptions on MPs allowances have so far cost the government 638.6 billion Shillings since 2018, according to the Tax Expenditure Report for Financial Year 2022/23, by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
During a press conference at the NUP Headquarters in Makerere Kavule, Kyagulanyi urged the youth to persist in their fight against corruption. He added that if they must cause trouble, the fight against corruption is a worthy cause, and if they must be imprisoned, it should be for this noble cause. He encouraged them not to lose hope or look back.
In a statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit, Museveni said the reason police charged them with being ‘idle and disorderly’ was because at the time, those charging were not privy to the intelligence that had been gathered.
Under the different laws governing financial institutions, savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs) report to the cooperatives regulator, the Uganda Microfinance regulator and in cases of SACCOs with capital above 1.5billion to Bank of Uganda, multiple centres they are weary of.
It adds that Museveni agreed to set up the buildings for them using the Uganda People’s Defence Forces Engineering Brigade. The president also pledged to support the Bataka Sacco with Shs200 million. The meetings between Museveni and some Bataka have in the past received sharp condemnation from a section of people in Buganda including the Katikkiro.
IGAD’s Executive Secretary Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu stressed that free movement regime is in line with the aspirations of the Authority and African Union’s (AU) Agenda 2063, which advocates for free movement within regional economic communities.
