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Shs53 billion paid to ghost workers – report

Prossy Kisakye | January 10, 2024

The Auditor General, Mr John Muwanga has revealed that the country lost Shs53 billion in paying salaries to workers who are either non-existent, dead, retired, or absconded from duty. While handing over the Auditor General’s report for the last financial year to the speaker of Parliament Anita Among, Muwanga, noted […]

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Items worth Shs2.4bn were lost in fire at Agriculture ministry stores – Report

Arthur Wandero | July 26, 2023

The Auditor General report for the financial year 2021/2022 has revealed that the fire that gutted a section of the Ministry of Agriculture stores along Buganda road, Wandegeya destroyed property worth Shs2.4 billion in April last year. In his report for financial year 2021/2022 submitted to Parliament, Auditor General John […]

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Uganda’s public debt hits Shs86.6 trillion

Ritah Kemigisa | January 20, 2023

The latest annual report by the auditor general has revealed that Uganda’s public debt has risen to Shs86.6 trillion which is beyond the debt ceiling as required by the International Monetary Fund. Presenting the report to parliament, the Auditor General, John Muwanga observed that Shs38.1 trillion out of the total […]

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Auditor General ordered to audit govt payroll

Moses Ndhaye | January 12, 2023

The Ministry of Finance has ordered the Auditor-General to carry out a comprehensive audit of the government payroll. This follows an outcry from civil servants who are complaining about delayed payment and alleged reports of ghost workers. Releasing Shs6.4 trillion for quarter three of the FY 2022/2023, the secretary to […]