Tag: Bribery

LOP Retains Nakawa Division MP Seat as High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging His Victory

In the petition, Bwowe had contended that Nakawa West is a non-existent constituency and asked the court to cancel the nominations of Ssenyonyi, Happy Nasasira, Herbert Anderson Burora, Ephraim Okuye, Vincent Norbert Okumu, Wilberforce Kyambadde and Rwamiti Apuuli, and declare him the only validly nominated candidate to be elected unopposed.

High Court Dismisses Mufumbiro’s Petition Against Ruhindi in Nakawa East

Court

The Court also held that Mufumbiro and his legal team did not adduce sufficient evidence to prove that the alleged irregularities, if any, affected the final result in a substantial manner as required by the Parliamentary Elections Act.

Crime

Beyond UGX 41 Billion Recovery: Why Catching Corrupt Officials...

The Whistleblowers Protection Act exists, but it is underfunded and ignored. Powerful bosses still use paperwork and technicalities to ruin anyone who disrupts their "eating" chain. When a whistleblower is blacklisted, then a headline about UGX 41 billion recovery won't make sense since it will not pay their rent or protect their family from the thieves who have been exposed.

Court

Mpigi District Boss, Service Commission Officials Remanded Over Bribery...

The Chief Magistrates Court in Mpigi has remanded three senior district officials, including the District LCV Chairperson, over allegations...

Business

Museveni Directs Special Probe into GROW Project Bribery, Extortion...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered a thorough investigation into an allegation that some women were made to pay...

Politics

Regional Parliamentary Sittings are Just Usual Merry-Making Trips for...

Like the usual benchmarking trips abroad that turn into merry-making festivities without any substance, the regional parliamentary sittings are just extravagant feel-good parties for these MPs and their girlfriends or boyfriends as they waste taxpayers’ money—a Marie Antoinette financial virus consuming taxpayers’ money.

Crime

IS IT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OR THE...

In a kleptocracy, corrupt politicians enrich themselves secretly outside the rule of law, through kickbacks, bribes, and special favors from lobbyists and corporations, or they simply direct state funds to themselves and their associates.

Crime

Public Pressure a Main Driver in Fighting Corruption-Ssemujju

The ruling NRM and its leaders are fortified in the belief that as long as they can master the numbers to support the party, President Museveni will always pardon them, even in the face of corrupt practices.

Crime