Daily Monitor
Tuesday May 04 2021
President Museveni and first lady Janet Museveni follow proceedings during the NRM MPs-elect retreat at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi district ON April 22, 2021. PHOTO/FILE/PPU
Summary
A recent report of the Auditor General indicated that the airline had posted a loss of Shs15b in FY 2018/2019.
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New details have emerged on how NRM MPs-elect ganged up with Independents in Kyankwanzi, and hatched a plot to defeat President Museveni’s “ban” on foreign travel and other non-essential government expenditures.
Sources narrated how ring-leaders in the plot against budget cuts created parallel WhatsApp groups to coordinate “a charm offensive” against nervous members who wanted to back the President on the alleged ban.
NSSF to spend Shs840b on new contracts in next financial year
Monday May 03 2021
Summary
NSSF has large portfolios, especially in the real estate and securities sector, some of the areas in which the Fund will be seeking a lot of innovations
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National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will in the next financial year spend at least Shs840b on innovative and cost sensitive procurements, especially in real estate sector and information technology, according to the Fund’s managing director.
Speaking during the fifth NSSF suppliers’ conference in Kampala, Mr Richard Byarugaba, the NSSF managing director, said the Fund has about Shs840b in contracts in the next financial year, noting that concertation will mostly be put on technology-driven options. “We will be spending about Shs40b on technological enhancements out of the Shs840b that we have put together,” he said, noting it was time to adapt to a lot of technological innovations in order to deal with customers vi