× Investors are increasingly up in arms over a controversial new policy introduced by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), which now requires an annual environmental audit for every approved project or risk penalty of up to shillings 10 million. The policy has triggered outrage within the business community, with investors describing it as punitive, expensive, and detached from the …
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DIGG Muhairwe Takes Tough Stand on Busega-Mpigi Expressway Delays and Encroachment Concerns, Vows Timely Completion – mulengeranews.com
By Ben Musanje The Inspectorate of Government has intensified oversight of the Busega-Mpigi Expressway, one of Uganda’s key infrastructure projects, following concerns over delays, encroachment, and questions over value for money. Deputy Inspector General of Government (DIGG) Anna Twinomugisha Muhairwe, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Works and Transport, and technical teams, on Tuesday conducted an on-site inspection of …
Read More »Uganda Supreme Court delays action on anti-gay law
‘Unforeseen circumstances’ leads to delay of scheduled challenge to Uganda law Uganda’s Constitutional Court, pictured above, upheld the majority of the AHA in an April 2024 ruling. The Supreme Court in Uganda has deferred action on a challenge of the Constitutional Court’s 2024 decision that upheld the harsh Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) of 2023. On March 17, the Supreme Court had …
Read More »BILLIONS…BAD FUEL! Probe Exposes Failures in Govt Fuel Monitoring Program as SICPA Delays Payments, Adulterated Stations Double & Outdated Systems
A fresh audit has thrown Uganda’s fuel monitoring system into the spotlight, exposing troubling gaps in oversight, questionable decisions and rising fuel adulteration despite billions of shillings being pumped into the program meant to safeguard the country’s petroleum supply chain. The latest report by the Office of the Auditor General on the Fuel Marking and Quality Monitoring Program (FMQP) reveals …
Read More »OIL WATCHDOG SLEEPING? Leaked Report Flags PAU Weaknesses, Project Delays, Staff Gaps & Billions Shortfall as ED Rubondo Exit Nears
Uganda’s long-awaited oil dream may have hit fresh turbulence after a bombshell audit exposed worrying delays, funding gaps and project setbacks at the country’s powerful oil regulator, raising serious questions about leadership as its founding boss prepares to exit. A new report from the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda has revealed that critical oil sector projects under the …
Read More »FOREST CHAOS! Probe Exposes Digital Licensing Flop, Land Allocation Gaps & Project Delays at NFA — Is ED Maniraguha Losing Grip?
Uganda’s forests are meant to be protected by law, technology and tough oversight. Instead, the latest December 2025 Auditor General’s report has exposed what insiders are calling a “digital disaster” and deep management cracks at the National Forestry Authority. At the heart of the storm is the much-hyped Electronic Licensing System — a flagship digital reform meant to modernise licensing, …
Read More »Parliamentary Committee Faults NSSF Over Delays in Temangalo Housing Project
Kampala– Members of Parliament on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have faulted the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) over delays in the completion of the Temangalo low-cost housing project. The legislators raised the concerns during a meeting with NSSF Managing Director, Patrick Ayota, where he was tasked to respond to issues highlighted in the Auditor General’s …
Read More »SABOTAGE? Probe Exposes Sloppiness at UIA as Delays, System Breakdowns Choke Investors
What was designed to attract investors, create jobs and stimulate industrial growth is now under the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The Auditor General’s December 2025 report on Licensing and Investor Support Services at the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has laid bare serious operational weaknesses that are delaying — and in some cases sabotaging — investments meant to power …
Read More »Compensation Delays Stir Tension: NETA Urges KCCA to Rescue Flood-Affected Traders
Compensation Delays Stir Tension: NETA Urges KCCA to Rescue Flood-Affected Traders | Voice of Bugerere Home Business Compensation Delays Stir Tension: NETA Urges KCCA to Rescue Flood-Affected Traders
Read More »BUSHENYI HIGH COURT DELAYS HEARING OF LAND CASE OF 72 YEAR OLD MAN DEMANDING TO EVICT NFA AND DPP OFFICES, CALLS UPON PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TO INTERVENE
Post Views: 1 DPP AND NFA OFFICES BUILT ON A DISPUTED LAND IN BUSHENYI BY WILBER MUHWEZI KASIBANTE (MK)IN BUSHENYIwww.mknewslink.comA 72 year old man Rutafa George has been battling land case since 1998 intending to evict offices of DPP and NFA which he alleges that are occupying his land at Bushenyi district headquarters.George Rutafa showed his letter to mknewslink.com …
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