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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

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In Bushenyi—

Bushenyi- Ishaka municipal councilors were today tongue tied despite earlier threats to make the mayor Richard Byaruhanga repair the damaged municipal vehicle.

Bushenyi –Ishaka municipality mayor Richard Byaruhanga on Saturday morning cheated death in a motor accident as he returned from a hangout at around 3am.

Mayor Byaruhanga who was driving government vehicle registration number UG 2926R that had been delivered two days back to help the municipality was allegedly drunk.

He lost control over the vehicle and veered off the road into a swamp along Nyamushekyera road in Bushenyi Ishaka municipality.

Following the accident, most of the councilors vowed to force the mayor into repairing the damaged car. Councilors who talked to www.mknewslink.com after the accident wondered what the mayor was doing with the vehicle at such a time when such vehicles are driven by only government driver up to 6pm.

However, during today’s council sitting, none of the councilors raised the issue as they earlier vowed.

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By Innocent Atuganyira

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In Masindi—

Leaders in Masindi district has expressed their concern on the high charges imposed on road users of Kisanja – Paara road, in Masindi Municipality.

The road which leads to Murchison Falls connects the district to West Nile part of the country.

The issue was raised over the weekend when Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabanja the Prime Minister met different Masindi leaders at the Municipal headquarters.

Ronald Kyomuhendo Businge the Masindi Municipal Mayor said that the charges on the road users is hindering development of Masindi district since business people opt to use Northern route yet Paara road is the nearest route from Westnile to Uganda’s Capital Kampala.

Kyomuhendo also noted that once charges along the said road are scrapped off, it will boost the development of Masindi district.

Responding to the issues, RT. Hon. Robinah Nabanja the Prime Minister of Uganda said that she has tried to communicate to the director of Uganda Wildlife Authority – UWA to direct him to scrap off the charging Paara road users.

She noted that recently they also wanted to charge her team 300,000shs to cross to Pakwach adding that it’s a lot of money which cannot be afforded by local people.

The premiere also told Masindi leaders that the issue will be addressed in the cabinet to ensure the charges are scrapped off noting it’s a thorn on the citizens’ throat since it’s also hindering the development of the country.

‘’If they are operating business between the districts, why charge them, it’s a lot of money, and hindering the development of the country, therefore it should be scrapped off,’’ Nabanja said.

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In Kampala—

Whereas it is no secret government has invested heavily in the fight against corruption, some senior government officials who are supposed to fight this evil continue to be the perpetrators of the same vice.

This has in return resulted into poor service delivery over the decades and some citizens castigate the government of President Yoweri   Kaguta Museveni.

The latest is the Executive Director of Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), Benson Turamye currently under investigations over corruption and fake academic documents.

According to a whistle blower, a key government organization is investigating Turamye on allegations of possessing fake academic documents that he has been holding as he serves government over the years.

It has been discovered the PPDA boss while in primary and Secondary School never had the names he currently uses.

“He must have acquired someone’s academic papers, which is illegal,” said one of his old school classmate.

Turamye was appointed Executive Director of Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) by the PPDA board in 2019 after serving in acting capacity for two years. He replaced Cornelia Sabiiti, who left the authority in 2017.

Apart from uttering fake academic papers, the PPDA boss Canon Benson Turamye is also under investigation for using his office to ask for bribes from government contractors and service providers.

According to documents seen by this website, Turamye has been targeting Chinese Construction companies who give him huge sums of money in order to get government contracts especially to build roads.

It further revealed that one of the Chinese companies that have given him cash is the China Railway Consortium..

It is said a certain Chinese company built Turamye a house in order to win a government contract.

Turamye at one time conflicted two Chinese companies to the extent that one of the companies threatened to drag him to President Museveni for redress.

Among the victims of Turamye is the Seyani Brothers, a construction and real estate company. The company has been giving him kickbacks on every government project awarded.

Turamye’s corruption is one of the reasons why some companies do shoddy work so as to recover the money they give him as bribes.

“At the end of it all, it is the taxpayers that lose as service delivery is poor,” said a top journalist in Kampala.

The latest survey report presented by the IGG Beti Kamya, says Uganda loses about Shs20 trillion annually to corruption, which is almost half the country’ current budget.

Uganda ranks 42 of 180 countries in the latest Corruption Perception Index. It also ranks worst in East Africa.

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By Ambrose Kweronda

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In Kigezi/ Kampala—

Yesterday 20th Dec.2021 Hajji Shafiq Sekandi RDC Kanungu and Elly Matte Police Public Relations Officer Kigezi Regional were awarded with integrity Champions award at Sheraton Hotel Kampala.

Kick corruption out of Uganda (KICK-U) in partnership with Action Aid International -Uganda (AAI-U) under the theme ‘Promoting Active Citizen Participation in social Accountability’ selected Hajji Shafiq and Elly Matte as the most loyal and committed Public servants in the fight against corruption in Kigezi region.

The two servants with a smile joined other selected servants all over the Country to receive their awards.

According to a statement from Action Aid International, the awards are given to royal and committed public servants from all over the country who put in energy to fight corruption and present accountability.

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