It is quite up sad that thousands of civil servants in 36 districts could miss their April 2014 salaries. This follows the failure by Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) to submit their payroll details to the Finance Ministry. Civil servants likely to be affected included teachers, doctors, nurses, police officers and public prosecutors. Districts such as Hoima, Tororo, Masaka, Mukono, Pader, Soroti, Nebbi are likely to suffer the consequences. The Finance Permanent Secretary, Mr. Keith Muhakanzi on 23rd April 2014 instructed CAOs to finalize the payrolls. He added that by 25th April 2014 the payroll details should be already submitted to…
Anti-Corruption court summons top Cairo bank officials over pension scam fraud.
On 22nd April 2014, the Managing Director Cairo International Bank was expected to appear before court for plea after being summoned by a court order by Chief Magistrate of Ant-Corruption court. The Managing Director, Mr.Muhamed Terek and other bank officials failed to turn up. They were expected to appear before the Chief Magistrate at the Anti-Corruption Division on Tuesday 22nd April 2014. They were to answer charges of conspiring with Ministry of Public Service officials to steal more than Ugx 165 billion. Prosecution says the bank and its managing director made arrangements with other nine senior officials in the Ministry…
Uganda Revenue Authority experiences more revenue losses
The Uganda Revenue Authority boss, Allen Kagina told Parliament’s finance committee on Tuesday 22nd April, 2014 that URA has incurred a revenue shortfall of Ugx 270 billions during period from November 2013 to April 2014. When asked to explain, Allen attributed the shortfall to commercial banks that provided bad debts and this affected the revenue collections by URA. She also cited the sale of Warid to Airtel Uganda having reduced taxes from the telecommunication industry. This implies that after the acquisition, the total revenue by the swap reduced, and there was no synergy. Companies that were previously making profits declared…
Another top LRA commander captured.
On 21st April 2014 an Easter Monday ambush of UPDF against Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in Central African Republic resulted into the capture of Lt. Charles Okello. Charles was in Bakuma, 500km west of Obo.Col Akunda said “Lt. Charles Okello was under the command of Dominic Ongwen and he has been commanding operations to loot food and medicine for rebels”. TheUgandan army is leading a US-backed African Union force tasked with capturing the LRA’s leaders. Most of them are wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Rebel chief Joseph Kony, who launched a rebellion in…
Don’t miss this year’s Cyberlympics Finals in Barcelona Spain
This year is a special one for the hacking community. EC Council International, the brain child behind the Global Cyberlympics has partnered with ISACA, one of the leading IS/IT Certifications Body based in the US, to organise the 2014 Global Cyberlympics completion. You can find more information from the Cyberlympics website here. The world finals of the competition will be held in Barcelona, Spain on 29th September 2014 hosted by ISACA in conjunction with EuroCACS/ISRM 2014. If you are into learning ethical hacking and cyber security, this is an event where the best of the best meet. You cannot afford…
Will President Museveni make it at 2016 polls?
During the January 2014 NRM caucus meeting in Kyankwanzi district, Members of Parliament endorsed President Museveni for the Presidency for 2016. Campaigns have been going at district levels to campaign for President Museveni. Minister for Presidency, Frank Tumwebaze was in Kamwenge district meeting the district leaders. Leaders of Kibale county Kamwenge district thanked the Members of Parliament for the resolution. They also thanked President Museveni for the tarmac road from Ibanda to Kamwenge. Also, Frank thanked the leaders for their support to the NRM party. Rumor has been going on that Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi is eyeing for the Presidency…
