Former Agule County MP Francis Mukula has advised newly elected legislators to manage their finances carefully, clear their debts before leaving Parliament and invest in businesses that can sustain them after politics. Mukula, a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), said many politicians risk financial difficulties after losing elections because they spend heavily…
The former Minister of Internal Affairs, Kahinda Otafiire, has told Parliament that Uganda’s digital number plate system was found to function more like a fleet management system than a security system, raising questions about its ability to support police investigations. Otafiire, who is now the Minister of Water and Environment, made the remarks while appearing…
Agago County MP Edward Otto Makmot has questioned the value for money of investigations conducted by the Inspectorate of Government (IG), arguing that the institution risks spending more public money investigating corruption than it recovers from those implicated. Makmot, the deputy chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, said the Inspectorate needed to…
Speaker Jacob Oboth-Oboth has urged parliamentary committees to step up their work and clear the growing backlog of business in the 12th Parliament. Oboth-Oboth, who represents West Budama Central, made the call during a meeting between parliamentary committee chairpersons and officials from the Inspectorate of Government at Parliament. “We want to reaffirm our commitment that…
The Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi, has questioned the government’s plan to address rising fuel prices, warning that Uganda’s fuel reserves in Jinja may not be sufficient to sustain the country for long during a supply crisis. Ssenyonyi, who represents Nakawa West in Parliament, made the remarks during a plenary sitting in which Energy…
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has asked the government to clarify how banks should treat former politicians and other politically exposed persons who have left public office, amid complaints that some are struggling to access financial services. Tayebwa raised the matter during plenary at Parliament after saying he had received complaints from former legislators and ministers…
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has called for stronger families built on prayer, peace and personal responsibility, saying stable homes are critical to raising responsible children and building a better Uganda. Tayebwa made the call on Wednesday, October 7, while speaking at the 13th Women Forum of the Uganda National Prayer Breakfast at Speke Resort Munyonyo…
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has raised concern over government ministries, departments and agencies owing it more than Shs166 billion, saying the accumulated debt is affecting the implementation of key developments at Entebbe International Airport. UCAA Director General Fred Bamwesigye disclosed the figures on Thursday when he and other officials appeared before Parliament’s Physical…
The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has grilled officials of the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) over rising fuel prices, questioning why the state oil company has failed to cushion Ugandans from increasing costs at the pump. A litre of petrol currently costs Shs 6,950 while that of diesel goes…
arliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has agreed to resume its inquiry into the Shs140.4 billion Bank of Uganda liability involving HABA Group after Finance Minister Henry Musasizi apologised for failing to appear before the committee. The committee had suspended its proceedings last week after Musasizi failed to attend a meeting…
Attorney General Dr Sam Mayanja has told Parliament that the agreement between Uganda and Joint Stock Company Global Security (JSCGS), the Russian company contracted to implement the digital number plate system, is legally invalid and is inconsistent with Uganda’s laws. Mayanja made the remarks on Tuesday while appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Physical Infrastructure, which…
amwo County MP Johnson Kezekia Nyeko has called on the governments of Uganda and South Sudan to urgently intervene to stop what he described as growing cattle raids by armed South Sudanese rustlers along the border. Nyeko said the raids are threatening the security of communities in Lamwo Constituency, which borders South Sudan, and could…
MPs on the committee on Physical Infrastructure have said they are satisfied that the digital number plate system can track vehicles, after watching police do it live at the national command centre in Naguru, Kampala. They said the cost of the plates and the contractor’s capacity to produce them still need to be addressed. The…
MPs have raised concern over prolonged dry conditions in several parts of the country, saying the lack of rain has destroyed crops, killed livestock and left communities facing hunger and water shortages. The legislators said farmers in their constituencies were struggling to find water for both domestic use and livestock, while many had lost crops…
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives officials have failed to account for Shs5.5 billion in government contracts that were reportedly processed outside the Electronic Government Procurement system, e-GP. The officials appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) to respond to queries raised in the Auditor General’s report on government procurement. The committee heard that…
Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) was yesterday forced to suspend its business after members failed to agree on how to handle Finance Minister Henry Musasizi, who did not appear before the committee as expected. Musasizi had been invited to explain matters relating to government obligations linked to more than Shs140…
Parliament has criticised the Ministry of Lands and Housing over delays in processing land titles and cases of double titling, saying the problems are affecting planning and the delivery of public projects. MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (Central) raised the concerns during an interface with officials from the ministry who had appeared to respond…
The backlog in the issuance and installation of the digital number plates has been cleared, with the average processing and fitment time falling from 19 days in December 2025 to two days in September 2026, government officials told MPs The officials from the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Ministry of Security and other agencies…
Officials from the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) failed to convince the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to proceed with their responses to audit queries raised by the Auditor General. The officials appeared before COSASE to respond to queries contained in the Auditor General’s report, but the meeting was stopped after…
Speaker Jacob Oboth-Oboth has directed the Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) to summon government valuers to explain concerns over the alleged undervaluation of property owned by local governments. Oboth-Oboth issued the directive during a meeting with district leaders under the Uganda Local Governments Association (ULGA), where lawmakers and local government leaders discussed challenges affecting service…
MPs have questioned the government contract awarded to Joint Stock Global Security to provide digital number plates, with concerns raised over delays in issuing plates, the cost of the project and the company’s ability to deliver the promised tracking system. The concerns were raised before Parliament’s Physical Infrastructure Committee, chaired by Mwine Mpaka, as the…
Residents of Lugazi Municipality have asked the government to improve service delivery in the area, citing poor roads, inadequate health services and limited employment opportunities. The residents made the call during a fundraising ceremony for St Joseph Sub-Parish in Kiteza, where they appealed to their MP, Richard Senteza Salongo, to lobby the government to address…
MPs have questioned the manner in which Mukono district officials valued and disposed of its assets, after discovering that several properties were sold without the involvement of a government valuer. The concerns were raised by the Public Accounts Committee (Local Government), chaired by Mukono Municipality MP Betty Bakireke Nambooze, during an oversight exercise to follow…
Parliament has raised concern over the ownership of school land in Nansana Municipality after officials failed to produce land titles for 48 of the municipality’s 49 government and government-aided schools. The matter came to light when officials from Nansana Municipal Council appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) to respond to queries contained in…
Businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba has told Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) that government has three ways to resolve his long-standing compensation claim. He said government should either pay him the balance it owes, negotiate a refund and take back its property, or ask him to stop investing in the disputed properties…
Bank of Uganda Governor Dr Michael Atingi-Ego has urged government to exercise greater fiscal discipline when planning and implementing public expenditure, warning that spending outside the approved budget could undermine efforts to maintain economic stability. Atingi-Ego made the call while appearing before Parliament’s Budget committee to give the central bank’s views on the proposed Charter…
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) were stunned after officials of Moroto Regional Referral Hospital told them that four ambulances reportedly allocated to the hospital cannot be traced. The revelation was made when hospital officials appeared before the committee to respond to queries raised in the Auditor General’s report for the 2024/25 financial year….
Entebbe Municipal Council offices fell unusually quiet as MPs on the Public Accounts Committee arrived to follow up on a string of unresolved Auditor General’s queries. The MPs came expecting to find the municipal management ready to answer questions raised against the council. Instead, they found locked offices, empty chairs and a striking absence of…
Legislators on the committee on Defence and Internal Affairs have inspected the ongoing works at the UPDF Hospital in Mbuya, Kampala, as part of efforts to assess its readiness for commissioning. The 250-bed hospital is expected to be commissioned before the end of 2026, according to the Ministry of Defence. Outpatient services are already operational…
Gulu Regional Referral Hospital officials struggled to convince MPs how the facility managed to meet its performance targets despite operating with only about 30% of its approved staff establishment. The officials appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to respond to queries raised by the Auditor General for the financial year ended December 2025. The…
Hoima Regional Referral Hospital has operated without a procurement officer for nearly two years, forcing it to rely on an officer from Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Parliament has heard. The revelation was made when hospital leaders appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (Central) to respond to queries raised in the Auditor General’s report. The…
Wakiso district authorities are planning to open police cases against beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model (PDM) who have failed to repay the revolving funds they received under the government programme. The officials made the revelation when they appeared before Parliament’s Local Government Accounts Committee during a fact-finding visit to Wakiso. The committee, led by…
MPs on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have summoned businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba over a Shs140.487 billion debt that his company, Haba Group, has failed to clear since 2017. The MPs raised the matter while questioning the leadership of Bank of Uganda, led by Governor Dr Michael Atingi-Ego. They said the…
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) have questioned the valuation of Luwero district’s fixed and non-fixed assets after finding that some government property had been assigned surprisingly low values. The committee, chaired by Betty Nambooze Bakireke, the Mukono Municipality MP, was examining the 2024/25 Auditor General’s report when it raised concerns about the…
Parliament’s committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has halted its interface with the leadership of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) after MPs questioned whether the officials appearing before them had the legal mandate to represent the institution. The committee, chaired by Kyadondo East MP Muwada Nkunyingi, had summoned URSB officials to…
The Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) has directed Nakasongola to suspend and review any deals involving the sale or purchase of district property following concerns over the undervaluation of government assets. The committee, chaired by Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze, issued the directive after examining findings in the Auditor General’s report for the 2024/25 financial…
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has defended its decision to acquire a specialised firefighting truck at a cost of more than Shs5 billion, saying the vehicle is essential for maintaining safety and security at the country’s airports. UCAA Director General Fred Bamwesigye told MPs that the vehicle should not be compared with an ordinary…
Only 3,623 marriage registrations have so far been captured in the system of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), with Christian marriages making up the overwhelming majority. The figures were revealed by NIRA executive director Rosemary Kisembo when officials appeared before the Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) at Parliament. Kisembo told…
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) have questioned the management of Trinity College Nabbingo over the construction of a new chapel estimated to cost Shs6.9 billion, saying the project appeared different from what was contained in the Auditor General’s report for the 2024/25 financial year. The committee, led by its chairperson, Betty Nambooze,…
MPs have grilled Bank of Uganda officials over allegations that the central bank’s financial control systems were hacked, with MPs saying the claims had raised concerns about the safety of public money. The officials, led by Bank of Uganda Governor Michael Atingi-Ego, appeared before the Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE), chaired by…
The Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) has questioned officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over Shs1.3 billion paid to officials at seven Ugandan missions abroad for travel within their countries of posting at rates meant for foreign travel. The query was raised during a meeting of the committee chaired by Patrick Oshabe, as MPs…
Government is preparing new parole rules that could allow eligible prisoners to serve part of their sentences outside prison under supervision, as authorities seek to address overcrowding in the country’s prisons. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja told Parliament that the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) is finalising the Parole Rules and Regulations, which are currently before the…
Parliament has backed a proposed Shs139 billion loan to finance the rehabilitation of the Jinja-Mbulambuti-Kamuli-Bukungu road and selected roads in Jinja City, but warned that unresolved compensation for people affected by the project could delay its implementation. The committee on National Economy recommended approval of the loan, saying the 127km Jinja-Mbulambuti-Kamuli-Bukungu road is an important…
MPs on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have questioned the way the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) awards contracts to private companies, citing gaps in the procurement process. The legislators raised the concerns after examining findings in the Auditor General’s report, which pointed to cases where contracts were awarded…
Bukedea MP David Beecham Okwere has welcomed plans by security agencies to scrutinise contractors involved in government projects, saying the move will help ensure that companies hired for major infrastructure works have the required experience, professional qualifications and record of compliance. Okwere said thorough checks on contractors before they are awarded projects would help prevent…
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has started the process of hiring a consultant to assess the health and environmental risks at Buyala landfill in Mpigi as the authority searches for a lasting solution to the city’s growing garbage problem. The plan was revealed during a parliamentary interface between KCCA officials and Parliament’s committee on Commissions,…
MPs on the tourism committee have called for better coordination among government agencies and more efficient use of public resources to unlock Uganda’s tourism potential. The legislators made the proposals after reviewing findings from their fact-finding visits to Murchison Falls, Lake Mburo and Kidepo Valley national parks. The committee chairperson, Boniface Henry Okot, the Kole…
Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze has grilled the headmistress of Kawempe Muslim Secondary School, Zulaika Kibirige over the high fees charged to students. Nambooze, who chairs the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Local Government, led members of the committee on an impromptu visit to the school to follow up on issues raised in the Auditor…
MPs on the Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation have raised concern over inadequate funding for research and innovation projects at the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) in Kajjansi. The committee made the concern during a courtesy visit to the institute, where MPs inspected its laboratories, fish feed production machinery and fish-rearing ponds. The…
MPs have halted the disposal of vehicles and motorcycles belonging to Wakiso district pending an on-site inspection to establish whether the assets have been properly valued. The decision was taken by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Local Government, chaired by Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze, after the committee questioned Wakiso’s technical leadership over…
