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Kampala — A scorching report by the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda has thrown the country’s health sector into fresh controversy after exposing glaring failures in the way hazardous medical waste is handled across public health facilities. The explosive Value for Money (VFM) Audit released in the 2025 Auditor General’s report paints a disturbing picture of a system …

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 …

A thunderous alarm has been sounded over Uganda’s lifeline for public medicines after the latest report from the Auditor General ripped open the operations of the National Medical Stores, exposing a web of operational failures, delayed drug deliveries, expired medicines worth billions and deep-rooted management weaknesses that now threaten the country’s fragile health system. At the centre of the storm …

Kampala — Billions meant to lift Uganda’s Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) out of poverty are now under intense scrutiny after a Value for Money audit exposed glaring weaknesses in planning, verification, monitoring and system management at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. At the centre of the storm are the Ministry’s top technocrats — Permanent Secretary Aggrey David …

A Value for Money audit has detonated a political and administrative bombshell at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, exposing deep cracks in Uganda’s land administration system despite years of digitalisation and decentralisation reforms. At the centre of the storm is the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, headed administratively by Permanent Secretary Dorcas W. Okalany, who …

Eleven years at the helm. Billions borrowed. Mega dams commissioned with pomp and glory. Yet today, hard questions are exploding over the management of Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited as the December 2025 Auditor General’s report exposes troubling cracks in Uganda’s power generation giant. At the center of the storm is Harrison Mutikanga, CEO for the last 11 years. Alongside …

Ugandans are asking one burning question: what exactly is going on at Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited? Ever since Umeme exited and UEDCL officially took over power distribution on April 1, 2025, complaints of persistent blackouts, delayed meter replacements, sluggish customer response and erratic service have exploded. Now, the Auditor General’s December 2025 report has poured fuel on the fire, …

Kampala — Billions meant to lift Uganda’s Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) out of poverty are now under intense scrutiny after a Value for Money audit exposed glaring weaknesses in planning, verification, monitoring and system management at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. At the centre of the storm are the Ministry’s top technocrats — Permanent Secretary Aggrey David …

Kampala — The latest Auditor General’s report on the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) reads like a catalogue of missed opportunities, stalled projects and internal power struggles at Uganda’s top agricultural research body. At the centre of the storm is the Director General, Dr. Yona Baguma, whose four-year contract runs out next year April. Appointed in April 2023 by the …

Uganda Air Cargo Corporation (UACC), once envisioned as a strategic national aviation asset under the supervision of the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs, is now at the centre of a storm after a damning Auditor General’s report exposed deep financial distress, stalled partnerships, grounded aircraft and a controversial foreign deal that appears to be going nowhere, RedPepper can report. …