NEWVISION
CID PROBES SUSPECTED GHOSTS ON POLICE PAYROLL
PAGE 3
SUMMARY: The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) is conducting a probe, with focus around suspected 695 ghost Police officers who have allegedly been collecting salaries despite not being part of the active workforce. Investigations show that 695 Police personnel were still receiving salaries, amounting to sh355m monthly or sh4.26b annually, despite not being accounted for by the Force.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TIPS BUNYORO ON WEALTH CREATION
PAGE: 4
SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Bunyoro Sub-region to engage in wealth creation activities, such as commercial agriculture, in order to fight poverty, increase their household incomes and create jobs.
GOVERNMENT CANCELS 120 TITLES IN FOREST RESERVES
PAGE: 10
SUMMARY: To protect and sustainably manage Central Forest Reserves across the country, the Government, through the National Forestry Authority (NFA), has cancelled 120 certificates of titles processed in gazetted forests. As at June 30, a total of 609 illegal titles were found to have been acquired in various Central Forest Reserves.
EU ANNOUNCES UGX. 41B TOURISM AID TO UGANDA
PAGE: 14
SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) will provide Uganda with 10m Euros (UGX. 41.4b) to help boost the country’s tourism sector, the head of EU Delegation to Uganda, Jan Sadek, has said. The support will help improve the visibility of Uganda as an attractive and sustainable travel destination for tourists from Europe and other countries, Sadek said on Thursday.
NWSC GETS UGX.37B BOOST FOR KAMPALA WATER PROJECT
PAGE: 16
SUMMARY: The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has secured UGX. 373b to boost the Kampala city water infrastructure. The money is expected to help NWSC increase reliable water supply to an additional one million residents in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, bringing the total number of people served to six million. Partners from France, including Boulevard de la Défence and the French government, are contributing to the project sh373b, excluding VAT.
GOVERNMENT GIVES DISTRICTS UGX. 10B TO TAKE OFFICES OUT OF CITIES
PAGE: 39
SUMMARY: The Government will give UGX. 1b to each of the 10 districts affected by the creation of new cities as a startup grant this financial year 2024/2025, Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, has revealed. Hon. Kasaija noted that as a result of the operationalisation of these cities in the financial year 2020/21, district offices within the cities’ boundaries had to be relocated. Districts where municipalities were elevated to city status in 2020 include; Jinja, Mbale, Soroti, Arua, Gulu, Lira, Mbarara, Masaka, Kabarole (Fort Portal) and Hoima.
DAILY MONITOR
GREATER KAMPALA SET FOR UGX. 370B POWER UPGRADE
PAGE: 4
SUMMARY: The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has launched a UGX. 370b project to upgrade power infrastructure in Kampala, Mukono, Wakiso and Mpigi Districts. The two-year project is expected to be completed by 2026, followed by a two-year Defects Liability Period (DLP) to fix snags.
INSIDE WORLD LEADERS SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE TO TACKLE GLOBAL CRISES
PAGE: 8
SUMMARY: World leaders, including Prime Minister Hon. Robinah Nabbanja, assembled in New York last evening for the high-level Summit of the Future aimed at reinvigorating multilateralism and charting a blueprint for tackling existential threats ranging from climate change to Al-driven technological destruction.
