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@kfm Wed, 22 May 2024 17:11:27
PAC grills State House officials over project duplication
Members of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee have criticized State House officials over duplication of activities that are already being handled by other agencies, which they say fails the rationalization that is being preached by President Museveni. The MPs raised their concerns while interfacing with officials from State House who had been summoned to respond to queries raised in the 2023 Auditor General’s report, particularly on the failure to collect any revenue in the 2022/23 F/Y, despite the institution promising to collect Shs120M. Butambala County’s Muwanga Kivumbi who chairs the committee asked State House to avail its sustainability plan for all the projects, saying some like the huge infrastructure at Kabasanda Technical School in Butambala District that was abandoned without explanation. […]
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@kfm Wed, 22 May 2024 16:54:15
First pilgrims arrive in Namugongo ahead of Martyrs’ Day celebrations
With just 12 days to the Uganda Martyrs celebrations in Namugongo, the first group of pilgrims has made it to the Anglican shrine. The Chairperson of the Organizing Committee for Uganda Martyrs Day, Rt Rev Reuben Kisembo has told journalists that these pilgrims, from different places and backgrounds, have travelled a long way with faith and determination to be recognized as the first to arrive. “Although some pilgrims have started arriving, the majority are expected on June 31st”, said Rt Rev Kisembo One of them is 60-year old Catherine Akuru, who says her resolve to make the journey was not dampened by the recent closure of Karuma Bridge. She explains that she boarded a taxi from Lira to Kigumba where she […]
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