Updates from December 2022
29 December 2022
Dear Friends, First, congratulations upon completing 2022. For those whose
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Dear Friends, First, congratulations upon completing 2022. For those whose
Dear Friends, Dear friends and colleagues, November is that time
Dear Friends, October is usually a busy month for us
Dear Colleagues, Globally, September has been an eventful month, with
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In late May this year, Agather Atuhaire, via her twitter account, broke the story that the Parliament of Uganda had spent a whopping Shs. 2.8billion to purchase two luxury vehicles for the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
Aside from the fact that the expenditure was unnecessary – both the Speaker and her Deputy already have two luxury vehicles for their official duties, the purchase flouted all public procurement procedures, and when Parliament’s contracts committee could not approve the procurement, the members of the committee were fired and new ones immediately appointed to approve the purchase.
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Oral statements delivered during the 50th session of the UN
Dear friends, Welcome to yet another edition of our newsletter.
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