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MPs vet Mutebile for another 5-year term Saturday March 13 2021 Bank of Uganda Governor, Mr Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile. He said central bank is concerned with the increase in government indebtedness. Photo by David Lubowa. Summary The governor has navigated a stormy period that the central bank has endured in the recent years. The year 2019 was particularly hard for BoU, with the sensitive institution plagued by bad publicity amid multiplicity of accusations. Advertisement Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile was yesterday quietly led before the Appointments Committee of Parliament for vetting ahead of starting another five-year term in office following reappointment by President Museveni last month. ....
Daily Monitor Friday March 12 2021 speaker Rebecca Kadaga meeting with officials from the Inspectorate of Government (IG) at her chambers in Parliament, where she also launched the exit declaration module developed by the IG. PHOTO | PARLIAMENT PRESS Summary UTILITY. There are over 30,000 leaders in the country who are supposed to do biannual declarations but the IGG’s office decried the slow response with most of them stampeding the website on the last day. Currently only about 1500 leaders have successfully submitted their forms. Advertisement Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga says she is holding talks with President Museveni seeking an expeditious appointment of a new Inspector General of Government (IGG) to replace Justice Irene Mulyagonja, who last year returned to the Judiciary to serve in the Court of Appeal. ....
Govt fails to account for Shs56 billion Covid-19 cash Friday March 12 2021 Summary The AG report does not include an audit into the Shs10b that was appropriated by Parliament and shared by MPs, each getting Shs20m purportedly to help them support their electorates during the lockdown last year. After extended disagreements between Parliament and President Museveni, the benefitting MPs were directed to return the money to the Consolidated Fund account in Bank of Uganda or hand it over to their respective Covid-19 district task forces. Advertisement The Auditor General (AG) has unearthed gross abuse of billions of shillings and other donations meant for the Covid-19 response when the country was battling the effects of the pandemic early last year. ....
Uganda debt exceeding limit - AG warns govt Friday March 12 2021 Summary Projection “As government continues to support economic recovery through the provision of economic stimulus package to various sectors, debt is projected to increase further over the near term. I advised the PS/ST [Secretary to the Treasury] to devise a comprehensive strategy to align revenue mobilisation and fiscal policy management, as well as reducing/rationalising government expenditures,” Auditor General, John Muwanga Advertisement The Auditor General (AG), Mr John Muwanga, has warned that Uganda’s national debt has escalated and threaten to overshoot the limit. The AG cautioned that if government does not restrain its hunger for loans, the debt will be unsustainable and future governments will not be able to borrow. ....
Daily Monitor Thursday March 11 2021 Government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa (right) engages Bugabula South MP Henry Kibalya during the plenary session at Parliament yesterday. PHOTO | ALEX ESAGALA Advertisement Members of Parliament yesterday traded accusations on the floor of the House over how Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and Deputy Jacob Oulanyah’s camps are conducting campaigns ahead of the showdown in the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) Central Executive Committee on who will head the 11th Parliament. The battle for who becomes Speaker when the 11th Parliament convenes for it is first sitting on May 20 has attracted three people so far. Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda on Tuesday declared his intentions to battle Ms Kadaga and Mr Oulanyah for the job. ....