Museveni to probe funds
By Isaac Mufumba & Joseph Mazige
June 24, 2003
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday said that he would name a judicial commission to investigate corruption in the districts. Mr Museveni was addressing a rally at Bukaya in Mukono.
He urged the people to report corrupt officials without fear or favour.
�The police thought that they were next to God until the [Justice Julie] Sebutinde commission was set up,� the president said.
He said that whoever has embezzled money in Mukono would have to �vomit� it. He criticised Mukono district officials for not dismissing the chief administrative officer [Mr Sam Kisense) as recommended by the IGG.
He compared the district to a climbing plant that dares a sharp panga.
He was reacting to the district chairman, Godfrey Ddamulira Kyeyune, who had complained about the central government�s decision to withhold funding to Mukono because of the council�s failure to implement the IGG�s recommendations.
�I advise you not to antagonise the central government by saying he stole [former Electoral Commission Chairman Aziz] Kasujja�s money. It was money to do work in Mukono,� the president said.
The president said that he was in Mukono not to fight corruption but to teach people how to improve household incomes.
He said that although there was poor work on some schools his government has scored and the challenge is on the local leaders and the family heads.
� 2003 The Monitor Publications
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