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The Makerere Lung Institute (MLI), one of Uganda’s flagship health research institutions that rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic and is now preparing to transform into the Uganda Lung Institute, has found itself under the spotlight after the Auditor General uncovered a string of financial management and administrative weaknesses that raise fresh questions about internal controls and compliance under …

KAMPALA: Kawempe National Referral Hospital (KNRH) has been thrust into the spotlight after the Auditor General exposed a string of management failures, including the hospital’s failure to use the government’s e-Afya electronic system to manage vaccines and medicines, even as staff reportedly complain that the much-publicised platform is faulty and offers little help in their day-to-day work.The findings, contained in …

Uganda’s Embassy in the United Arab Emirates has landed in fresh trouble after the Auditor General exposed glaring weaknesses in the management of President Yoweri Museveni’s special fund meant to uplift Ugandan businesses in Dubai, raising serious questions about accountability under Ambassador H.E. Zaake Kibedi and his deputy Aisa Ismail.The findings, contained in the Auditor General’s report for the financial …

The National Planning Authority (NPA), the very brain meant to guide Uganda’s development, is now under intense scrutiny after the Auditor General’s December 2025 report exposed a troubling picture of weak coordination, delayed plans, underfunding and a planning system struggling to keep pace with a rapidly changing country. At the centre of this unfolding storm is Executive Director Dr. Joseph …

The rot at the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has finally exploded into the open, and what is emerging from the Auditor General’s December 2025 report is a damning portrait of an institution limping under the weight of internal failures, financial indiscipline, and a bitter succession war at the top. At the centre of the storm is Director Dr. Bernadette …

A damning Auditor General’s report has laid bare a shocking cocktail of neglect, poor planning, and institutional failure at the Uganda Prisons Service, where a high-stakes digital system meant to revolutionise prison management has instead stalled in a near-decade-long limbo. The Prisons Information Management System (PIMS), a flagship project launched in 2015 to digitise inmate records and operations across all …

A bombshell audit has ripped through the Ministry of Education and Sports, exposing a staggering trail of weak leadership, poor planning, and a digital mess that insiders say has crippled Uganda’s ambitious education technology revolution. Systems that were sold as game-changers are now at the centre of a storm, with the Auditor General laying bare deep cracks in the Education …

Panic, confusion and sleepless nights have reportedly gripped officials at the tax body, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), after the institution allegedly switched off a sophisticated tax ledger system and forced staff to revert to manual reconciliation of taxes. According to an explosive internal memo seen by insiders, URA management terminated the contract of an Indian technology company that had …

KAMPALA — Uganda’s ambitious march toward the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is facing uncomfortable scrutiny after a damning Value for Money audit exposed serious coordination failures within the Office of the Prime Minister, piling pressure on the leadership of the country’s SDG Secretariat. At the centre of the unfolding accountability debate is Albert Byamugisha, the Senior Technical Adviser and …

A storm is gathering around the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda after a devastating Value for Money audit exposed deep cracks in the government’s flagship affirmative action programmes meant to uplift some of the country’s most marginalized communities. The explosive findings from the December 2025 report by the Auditor General paint a troubling picture of poor planning, weak …