Finance, URA in the eye of Shs14.6b bonus storm

Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has ordered the minister of Finance to explain why he permitted payment of Shs14.6 billion bonuses to staff at Uganda and Revenue Authority (URA) over and above the requested funds and without parliamentary approval.

Ms Among’s directive followed a report by the Public Accounts Committee-Central Government on the Auditor General’s finding on treasury operations and consolidated financial statements of the government presented before Parliament on Wednesday.