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Post Views: 2 By Moses AndamaIn Masindiwww.mknewslink.com—-Masindi Municipal Council Calls for Investigation into Irregular Supplementary Funds Disbursement In a letter dated April 9, 2026, Masindi Municipal Council Speaker Tadeo Opio expressed “grave concern” regarding supplementary funds disbursed to the council for micro-projects under the Office of the Prime Minister. The total amount of 18,691,500 UGX was received on December …

Post Views: 15 By Moses AndamaIn Masindiwww.mknewslink.com—–Officials from the Masindi Municipal Council, including Acting Deputy Town Clerk Patrick Asiimwe, Principal Finance Officer Annet Nanzala, and Principal Internal Auditor Joy Kabahinya, appeared before the Masindi District Local Government Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to address queries raised by the Auditor General for the financial year ending December 30, 2025. The officials …

Judicial officers and staff from across Kampala and the surrounding metropolitan area gathered earlier this evening for the Judiciary’s routine wellness session, marked by lively aerobics and renewed focus on physical fitness, internal communication, and staff recognition. Some of the Judicial officers during Aerobics. The session, held at the Judiciary Headquarters, continues to evolve into a key institutional activity aimed …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Banking giant Absa Bank has suffered a major legal embarrassment after the Labour Court in Cape Town ordered it to reinstate private wealth banker Ronaldo Giovanni Kleinsmith, ruling that his dismissal was substantively unfair and partly based on invalid disciplinary charges. The judgment — which overturned an earlier decision by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) — has …

By Victoria Amunga KISUMU, Kenya — On a hot Tuesday afternoon, 52-year-old Paul Ochieng sits in a consultation room at Ogongosa health center on the outskirts of Kenya’s Kisumu city. He is not there for his own appointment; he has accompanied one of his teenage clients after completing morning home visits. But unlike years past, Ochieng will return home without pay for the …

By Amos Tayebwa Mbarara –A government-funded staff housing project at Biharwe Mixed Primary School in Mbarara City North Division has stalled for two months, following a payment dispute between the contractor and Mbarara City Council. The suspension has prompted investigations into the alleged diversion of UGX 44 million meant for the project. The issue came to light on Friday, 31st …

MBARARA, WESTERN UGANDA — Shocking revelations have rocked Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital after it emerged that mortuary attendants have been running a full-blown extortion racket — squeezing cash out of grieving families in exchange for releasing bodies of their loved ones. According to multiple whistleblowers within the hospital, the attendants charge between UGX 200,000 and 500,000 to “release” a body …