Members of Parliament have called on President Yoweri Museveni to take stringent actions government officials cited in the rampant corruption scandals instead of waiting for parliament’s intervention.
The MPs on the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee say that is currently investigating the misappropriation of US $ 14 million given to the government of Burundi from Uganda says that it’s high time that the president himself starts firing his ministers and other officials implicated in corruption scandals.
Bunyarunguru County MP Benjamin Cadet made the call to the president after the committee discovered that there is no evidence that the US $ 14 million was actually disbursed to the Burundi Government in appreciation for the efforts rendered during Uganda’s liberation struggle in 1985.
Referring to corruption in the country as Economic terrorism, Cadet said President Museveni should not wait for Parliamentary resolutions asking the accused parties to resign but he should terminate their appointments.
Ntungamo Municipality MP Yona Musinguzi revealed that out of the US $ 4 Million allocated to Burundi, scholaristic materials worth US $ 3.5 million only were delivered to the Burundi government which indicates that a balance of US $ 10.5 million was misappropriated within Uganda.
Presenting several the President’s letters complaining about Burundi’s failure to get the money, the Acting Secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakanizi told the committee the Finance ministry is not responsible for any misallocation of the US $ 4 Million because the government of Burundi directed that the payments be channeled to Picfare Industries in order to supply scholaristic materials to the country.
Meanwhile the document presented before the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee indicates that President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Inspector General of Police to undertake investigations into the matter.
By Isaac Senabulya
