The Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) has faulted the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) for spending Shs41.6 billion on activities outside their approved work plans without evidence of authorisation from the Ministry of Finance. The committee said the expenditure breached public financial management rules,…
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Central Government has questioned officials from the Ministry of Kampala over the use of Shs500 million meant to support compensation efforts following the Kiteezi landfill collapse. Committee chairperson Patrick Nsamba Oshabe said officials had failed to explain convincingly how the money was spent and how much compensation had been recommended…
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…
Parliament on Friday debated a government request seeking approval for the possible deployment of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) to a proposed United Nations peacekeeping mission in Gaza, with Members of Parliament expressing sharply differing views on the move. Presenting the motion, the minister of Defence Kiryowa Kiwanuka, told Parliament that the government was…
