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…
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…
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,…
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 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…
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have questioned Wakiso district officials over the management and recovery of more than Shs3bn disbursed to youth and women, amid concerns that some of the money went to ghost beneficiaries. The MPs raised the concerns while scrutinising the Auditor General’s report for the financial year 2024/25. The money…
MPs have raised concerns over the management and recovery of funds disbursed under the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) and Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) in Entebbe Municipal Council. The concerns were raised by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC Local Governments) during an examination of the municipality’s financial management and implementation of government programmes. Committee chairperson…
If you told many people in Kampala that Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa and Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze Bakireke would spend time together in Rome, laughing, taking photographs and attending a papal audience, they might struggle to believe it. But away from Uganda’s often heated political environment, the two legislators have been part of the…
Speaker Jacob Oboth-Oboth has raised concern over the lack of quorum on several parliamentary committees, warning that the problem is undermining Parliament’s oversight role and delaying its work. Speaking to journalists before the start of a plenary sitting on Friday, Oboth-Oboth said his office had received numerous complaints about the uneven distribution of Members of…
“Just because people dance to your music on the streets, you think you can remove President Museveni from power.” That’s how Anita Annet Among brushed off Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s presidential challenge at a rally in Sheema Municipality, in December 2025. Among wears a lot of hats: she is the speaker of Parliament and…
Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze’s husband, Henry Bakireke, yesterday appeared before the Grade Two Magistrate at Nabweru Magistrate’s Court on charges related to an unpaid debt of Shs 31.9 million. The case, brought forward by Dora Associates, stems from Bakileke’s failure to comply with a court order to settle the outstanding amount. According to Dora…
Democratic Party’s George William Kagimu has declared his intention to unseat Betty Nambooze, the Mukono Municipality MP, in 2026. “We are tired of politicians who just talk instead of taking action. Mukono Municipality deserves focused, able, credible, and exemplary leaders,” he told Bbeg Media. Nambooze, who stood on the National Unity Platform ticket, defeated Kagimu…
NBS TV has suspended MPs: Betty Nambooze and Daudi Kabanda from appearing on the Barometer talk-show for different reasons, impeccable sources have told Bbeg Media. Insider sources at Naguru told Bbeg Media that Nambooze, the Mukono Municipality MP, had been stopped for criticising NBS TV on some social media platforms following the suspension of Zambaali…
