Uganda: MPs Query UBC Plan to Pay Basajja Shs11b

Kampala — A plan by Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) to pay Shs11b to businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba through the Ministry of Finance has been queried by both Cabinet and Members of Parliament after it emerged that the Supreme Court ruled in 2014 quashing the payment.

Dealings between UBC and Mr Basajjabalaba through his Haba Group of Companies ran into trouble in 2011 when President Museveni ordered the sacking of then UBC managing director Edward Musinguzi Mugasa and the board over mismanagement of operations of the national broadcaster, including fraudulent sale of its assets.

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