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UN smuggled goods into Uganda using BOU - Ofwono

Eight Bank of Uganda top officials are under investigation by the State House Anti-corruption unit for alleged collusion in a procurement and supply chain process anomaly. Government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo says in April this year, about 15 Bank of Uganda officials travelled to Paris, France to procure 'printable items' for the government.

Government then on April 27, chartered a plane from Paris to Entebbe, but among Bank of Uganda's official 20 pallets, according to Opondo, there were other extra 5 pallets of 13 private individuals and organisations including the United Nations (UN) irregularly loaded unto the cargo plane. No other items were meant to be on the plane except Bank of Uganda's. 

Ofwono says it is surprising that organisations such as the UN would collude with government institutions and individuals to bring in items into the country disguised as government items. Among the smuggled items, Ofwono says included blood reagents and solar systems.

Ofwono says the heads of currency centre Mbale and Kabale were responsible for verifying the pallets but they only reported about the extra pallets to the Bank of Uganda superiors 4 days later on May 2. On May 3, Bank of Uganda governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile wrote to the State House Anti-corruption unit to investigate the involved officials.

"During the verification process, BOU staff reported an anomaly in the inventory of the expected consignment," Mutebile stated.

According to head of State House Anti-corruption unit, Lt Col Edith Nakalema, also under investigation are Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), airport security personnel and customs officials who are being questioned about the matter.

"The investigation is being carried out following the invitation by the governor Bank of Uganda," Nakalema said. 

Earlier, there were reports that the issue involves the printing of money (over Shs 90bn), which was coming into the country. Uganda prints its money from Germany. The unverified reports indicated that some of the officials at the Central Bank wanted to fleece part of the money that was coming into the country. We could neither verify this claim.

In the past two years, the central bank has been cast into the public storm with several officials there accused of fraud. An investigation by a parliamentary committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) indicated there were irregularities in the closure of defunct banks – with indications that some officials at the bank could have benefited financially.

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Photos: Nutty Neithan lights up Yumbe

By Staff Writer Musician Nutty Neithan is good at what he does. And when it came to entertaining his fans in Yumbe last night, he left no stone unturned. The singer who is on the long list of artistes lined up for the Pulse Jam Fest slated for June 29th at Sheraton Gardens, was in […]

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Rapper Fresh Kid’s Father Insists On Travelling With Son For International Gigs

We thought Fresh Kid's father was joking when he said he wants a car and a building for being the rapper’s father. From that moment, he took full control over the artiste and he has been seen taking and picking him from school on a daily. A few days ago, it was reported that Fresh […]

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Oman Rafiki Denies Replacing Sharon Peyton With Vivian Tendo At His Record Label

After some few months with no manager, budding singer Sharon Peyton finally got signed under Kama Ivien Management owned by former Fik Fameica’s manager Kama Ivan The announcement of her joining Kama’s camp was made a few weeks ago but according to reliable sources, it it said that from the 18th February when Sharon partied […]

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EU donates Shs 14bn to Uganda, South Sudan for Ebola fight

The European Union has announced an emergency funding of 3.5 million Euros (Shs 14bn) to strengthen rapid detection and reaction to Ebola cases in Uganda and South Sudan.     

Emmanuel Davies Gyezaho, the press and information officer, European Union Delegation to Uganda, says that out of released funds, 2.5 million euros (about Shs 10.7 billion) is for Uganda and 1 million euros (about Shs 4 billion) for South Sudan.

The released funds will be for strengthening disease surveillance at community level, health facilities and points of entry, training of rapid response teams of healthcare and frontline workers on contact-tracing and infection prevention and control measures.

Other areas that the funding will cover are; rendering psycho-social support, capacity-building by equipping medical treatment facilities, carrying out community awareness- and ensuring safe and dignified burials.     

Gyezaho adds that the funding comes on top of the 17 million euros which the European Union has been giving out since 2018 for Ebola response and also to support prevention in DRC and preparedness actions in Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda and Burundi.  

While releasing the funds, Christos Stylianides, commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis management and EU Ebola coordinator stressed that the EU are doing all they can to save lives and stop further Ebola cases.    

"Today, our main task is not only to help the Democratic Republic of Congo, but also assist neighbouring countries like Uganda. Here, our funding is helping with surveillance, work with local communities, and boosting local capacities for these countries to take timely and effective action. We are committed to continue our assistance to bring this outbreak to an end, for as long as it takes." Commissioner Stylianides said.

Updated information from the ministry of Health indicate that Uganda has so far registered three confirmed cases of Ebola of which two victims succumbed to the deadly epidemic with most recent being a 50-year-old grad mother and the first index who was five years old.  

The other confirmed case is a three-year-old who is a brother to the first index case who this morning has been repatriated to DRC.      

At the moment screening at all points of entry including Mpondwe border post, Bwera, and Entebbe airport has been increased.

Temperatures of all people entering Uganda are being taken using infra-red thermometer. There is also a scheduled ring vaccination schedule for Friday.             

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Tycoon Hamis Kiggundu’s Book Will Now Feature on Uganda School Syllabus

Hamis Kiggundu aka Ham is one of the few Ugandan businessmen who’ve written books. His book titled; “Success and Failure based on Reason and Reality” has been selected by the National Curriculum Development Centre. It will now be one of the recommended readings for Secondary School Students in the field of Literature, and Entrepreneurship. This […]

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Sudan protesters, military to resume talks

Sudan's opposition leaders have agreed to end their campaign of civil disobedience and strikes and resume talks with the country's military rulers aimed at forming a transitional council.

In turn, the Transitional Military Council also agreed to release political prisoners, Ethiopia's special envoy Mahmoud Dirir told reporters in Khartoum Tuesday.

"The Freedom and Change alliance agreed to end the civil disobedience (campaign) from today," said Dirir, who has been mediating since a visit by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last week.

"Both sides have also agreed to resume talks soon" on a handover of power to a civilian administration, he said.

The protest leaders said the call for talks is insincere following this week's deadly crackdown on demonstrators in Khartoum, which witnesses blamed on the militia known as the Rapid Support Forces.

Doctors don't agree on death toll

Doctors allied with the opposition said the death toll from the crackdown had risen to 118. The Sudanese Health Ministry issued a statement last week that said the number is "no more than 46."

Protest groups and opposition parties have been demanding that the TMC, which took power after the army overthrew longtime president Omar al-Bashir on April 11, hand power to a civilian-led authority.

Talks on the proposed interim government broke down over which side would have ultimate decision-making authority.

Violence erupted in Sudan last December, when anger over rising bread prices and cash shortages evolved into sustained protests against al-Bashir before he was ousted after three decades in power.

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