And you expect Mugisha Muntu who was a commanding officer of UPDF as it was
burning Ugandans in Mukura to be on of the top leaders of FDC as these assets
are being confiscated. Then you expect Colonel Samson Mande who was commanding
in the North as the entire brigade 35 was murdered including their children and
wives to start a party as FDC that will confiscate these assets. We have been
right in this position when the Luwero war was running and we were called
idiots for it is only Museveni that can remove Obote. Today the war of Uganda
has been again personalized to the name Yoweri Museveni.
Ugandans have every right not to involve them selves into such madness.
Em
Toronto
The Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
----- Original Message -----
From: ocii
To: The First Virtual Network for friends of Uganda
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:54 PM
Subject: [Ugnet] MPs probe Museveni schools in Tanzania
These are the kinds of public fund embezzlements that keeps Uganda, and
indeed Africa underdeveloped! Idiot leaders emebezzling public funds with
impunity.
Well, keep this plus many other issues alive. Eventually these individuals
will have to pay back the money, or their wealth taken. Period.
Ocii
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MPs probe Museveni schools in Tanzania
Yasiin Mugerwa
PARLIAMENT
A PARLIAMENTARY committee has instituted a probe into circumstances
under which President Yoweri Museveni spent Shs1.6 billion of tax-payers money
to construct two schools in Tanzania.
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee yesterday instructed its
legal department to investigate the conditions under which the President
committed public funds amounting to US$932,823.2 to build two secondary schools
in Tanzania.
The two schools include Nyamiyaga, Murongo located in Karagwe area and
Nyarigamba, Muhutwe situated in Muleba District bordering Bokoba area.
According to correspondences Daily Monitor has seen, the construction
of the two schools began some time in 2005 after Multiplex Ltd, a Ugandan
private company allegedly won the contract.
The construction comes at a time when there is acute shortage of
classrooms for Universal Primary Education and Universal Secondary Education in
the country.
Concern was raised after the committee learnt that the money (Shs1.6
billion) Mr Museveni used for the construction was charged on the donation
account of the StateHouse budget without authority. The committee also heard
that the two schools were a donation by Mr Museveni to the Tanzanians for their
historical contribution to the 1979 liberation struggle that ousted the former
President, late Idd Amin Dada from power.
"This is unacceptable as Parliament we cannot appropriate money for
Tanzanians yet many Ugandans are still grappling with illiteracy. This money
would have gone to Luweero District but not Tanzania," said Nandala Mafabi
(Budadiri West) the committee chairperson.
"This was a Ugandan struggle not for Tanzanians. If the president
wished to donate he would have used his personal savings not public resources.
To bring this (donation) to our budget was wrong."
Richard Muhinda, the Statehouse Comptroller said the money was part of
President Museveni's donation item and is not limited to any country. "The
President is the fountain of honour and is free to donate to any person that
deserves assistance in whatever locality," said Mr Muhinda.
"It had been an outstanding donation to the people of Tanzania and we
had to squeeze our own budget (StateHouse) to fulfill this pledge."
But the committee has established that even the circumstances under
which Multiplex Ltd was awarded a $1 million contract to construct the two
schools had loopholes.
It is alleged that the tendering process was not clear since Mr Muhinda
admitted that there was no advertising made inviting other bidders as the
construction of both schools was an emergency.
Mr Muhinda insists that there was no foul play because StateHouse used
restrictive bidding involving Multiplex Ltd, Roko Construction Company Ltd,
Transaction International and Complliant Engineers & Trade Ltd.
"We offered the tender to Multiplex because they had a fair deal. Their
rates were lower compared to others. I am proud to have been part of this
project because it was transparent and we followed the law," Mr Muhinda said.
But the committee wondered whether it would be possible for Tanzanian
authorities to allow Ugandan Parliament to conduct a value-for money audit into
the project.
Daily Monitor has learnt that State House contract with Multiplex was
not signed by any Multiplex official but instead with the Tanzanian government.
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