The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government,Ben Kumumanya, has urged Secretaries to Service Commissions and Heads of Human Resources in Local Governments to maintain professionalism and integrity in the administration of public service. LG Permanent Secretary Ben Kumumanya addressing the meeting. He praised exemplary practices and gave the example of Masaka District, which made it plain in its employment advertisements that jobs are not for sale and that it is against the law to ask for money. He was addressing Local Government officials at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala. In order to encourage openness and rebuild public trust in the hiring process, he instructed all local governments to implement this strategy in their next job advertisements....
Police in the Kampala Metropolitan Area have intensified a series of intelligence-led operations targeting criminal networks and narcotics dens, arresting...