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NRM parliamentary caucus grills Kasaija

Isaac Senabulya — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:06:48 +0000

The NRM parliamentary caucus has grilled the minister of finance Matia Kasaija over the allegedly diversion of 720 billion shillings loan that they hoodwinked Parliament to approve to the National medical stores for medical supplies.

Sources who attended the meeting said that Kasaija pleaded with NRM MPs to save him in the pending investigation case together with the Secretary to Treasury Keith Muhakanizi .

In the NRM caucus meeting that was convened at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) chaired by Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa some MPS said that they will not save Kasaija over the case.

However the caucus agreed to constitute a committee to examine the public Accounts committee report and conclusively find the way forward on the matter.

Minister Kasaija when caught up at parliament after the caucus meeting said that he was implicated wrongly because the funds accountability is available and will give out of the names of persons who took this money for the intended purpose.

In trouble, Kasaija. Courtesy photos

Ntungamo municipality mp who is also the chairperson of the public Accounts committee Gerald Karuhanga said that the committee gave the ministry officials chance to explain the where about of these funds but failed .

The public Accounts committee in its report last week told parliament that finance ministry did not release the required funds to NMS as approved by parliament.

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Parliament rejects proposal to appropriate funds for PIBID

Isaac Senabulya — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 07:29:09 +0000

The Parliamentary Budget Committee chaired by Bulambuli County MP Wamakuyu Mudimi has rejected the proposal of the Finance committee to appropriate funds for the Presidential Initiatives on Banana industrial development (PIBID). The Chairperson of the finance committee Robert Kasule Sebunya had been appearing before the Budget committee which is scrutinizing the budget requesting MPs on the budget committee to approve the funds for this initiative to cater for staff payment and other activities.

This is the second time parliament is suspending the funds on the presidential initiatives on Banana Industrial development; Last Financial year 2014/15 the budget committees refused to approve sh10b, which the Government had allocated to the banana initiative in the budget. The committee chaired by Ntenjeru north county’s Amos Lugolobi noted with strong concern that the patent rights of PIBID are registered in the individual names of the executive director yet the initiative is 100% funded from the taxpayers’ money. The MPs says before allocating another fund all the requirements ranging from administrative issues this should be sorted out before any money is approved.

The Chairperson of Finance Committee also, Kyadondo North MP Robert Kasule Sebunya, says that members of parliament should reconsider their position over this project and approve the fund to help on the banana industry.

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