Uganda: Civil Aviation Authoriy On Spot Over U.S.$1.9 Million Payment to Law Firm

The top management of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday survived interrogation by parliamentary detectives after MPs labeled their sh5.4b payment to Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA) to collect a sh54b debt from government "a gift."

The 'contentious' payment to one of Kampala's elite law firms, according to MPs on the committee of Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises and the Auditor General report, breached a string of provisions in the Public Procurement and Disposal Act (PPDA).

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