In Brief
May 19, 2003
<b>Two monuc men dead</b><br> Hamadoun Toure, told IRIN on Monday. Speaking from the eastern town of Bunia, he said the bodies of the two observers were discovered on Sunday in Mongualu, 17 km north of Bunia. “They were savagely killed. We could not tell immediately who did this,†he said. MONU
Two monuc men dead
Hamadoun Toure, told IRIN on Monday. Speaking from the eastern town of Bunia, he said the bodies of the two observers were discovered on Sunday in Mongualu, 17 km north of Bunia. “They were savagely killed. We could not tell immediately who did this,†he said. MONUC, he added, has set up a team to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing.
BOU to pay sh96b debt
KAMPALA – The Parliament Public Accounts Committee has asked the Central Bank to refund sh96b it borrowed from the Uganda Consolidated Fund, without the Auditor General’s approval. The money, taken in two installments, one of sh36b and another of sh60b was meant to recapitalise the Bank in 1995, when it ran short of running capital. The Auditor General, John Muwanga, in his 2002/03 report, queried the transaction done by the Ministry of Finance as lacking his warrant, rendering it illegal.
UPDF men denied bail
KAMPALA – The UPDF First Division Court Martial has rejected bail applications for the UPDF soldiers deployed in Bunia in DR. Congo who allegedly inflated payrolls with ghost soldiers. Lt. Col. David Kaboyo, chairing the court sitting at Mbuya barracks on Friday ruled that, if bailed, the suspects would interfere with prosecution witnesses now at Magamaga Barracks.
Makubuya irks MPs
KAMPALA – Events took a new twist in Parliament yesterday when education minister Dr. Kiddu Makubuya denied the existence of a new policy of decentralised selection of Government-sponsored students. Aggrey Awori said, “ Is it in order for the minister to disown the manifesto of my former rival on the basis of which he defeated me? If I were him (Minister) I would have resigned.â€
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Hamadoun Toure, told IRIN on Monday. Speaking from the eastern town of Bunia, he said the bodies of the two observers were discovered on Sunday in Mongualu, 17 km north of Bunia. “They were savagely killed. We could not tell immediately who did this,†he said. MONUC, he added, has set up a team to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing.
BOU to pay sh96b debt
KAMPALA – The Parliament Public Accounts Committee has asked the Central Bank to refund sh96b it borrowed from the Uganda Consolidated Fund, without the Auditor General’s approval. The money, taken in two installments, one of sh36b and another of sh60b was meant to recapitalise the Bank in 1995, when it ran short of running capital. The Auditor General, John Muwanga, in his 2002/03 report, queried the transaction done by the Ministry of Finance as lacking his warrant, rendering it illegal.
UPDF men denied bail
KAMPALA – The UPDF First Division Court Martial has rejected bail applications for the UPDF soldiers deployed in Bunia in DR. Congo who allegedly inflated payrolls with ghost soldiers. Lt. Col. David Kaboyo, chairing the court sitting at Mbuya barracks on Friday ruled that, if bailed, the suspects would interfere with prosecution witnesses now at Magamaga Barracks.
Makubuya irks MPs
KAMPALA – Events took a new twist in Parliament yesterday when education minister Dr. Kiddu Makubuya denied the existence of a new policy of decentralised selection of Government-sponsored students. Aggrey Awori said, “ Is it in order for the minister to disown the manifesto of my former rival on the basis of which he defeated me? If I were him (Minister) I would have resigned.â€
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