When Museveni was in Luwero jungle, three Baganda soldiers were arrested and
charged for stealing Amenvu from a garden {Olusuku} of a family that had ran
away. He ordered that they get lined up and shot summarily. In Musevenis
words these kids were killed for NRM was not going to stand a corrupt person
in its government. Dr Kiiza Besigye was present at that execution and those
in question can refer this to him.
Good morning my dear friends the Ffe kasita twebaka kutulo munange.
EM
On the 49th
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Subject: {UAH} How OPMs sh38b donor cash was spentPublish Date: Jan 27,
2013
How OPMs sh38b donor cash was spentPublish Date: Jan 27, 2013
How OPMs sh38b donor cash was spent
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Pius Bigirimana, Permanent Secretay OPM
newvision
By John Semakula
THE scam in which billions of shillings meant to rehabilitate northern
Uganda were allegedly misappropriated under the Office of the Prime Minister
(OPM) is getting clearer.
New Vision Online has accessed a document from the OPM showing how the sh38b
donors contributed to the basket fund was spent.
NUSAF cash safe
The document, which OPMs Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirima, has
acknowledged, also shows that most of the sh50b raised for the Peace
Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) of northern Uganda, was accounted for.
According to the document, only sh13.4b is unaccounted for. It also
attributes the entire misappropriation to the former Principal Accountant of
the OPM, Geoffrey Kazinda.
Kazinda is currently on remand at Luzira Prison in connection with the scam.
We chose to draft this document to make the records clearer. The truth is
that of the sh50b fund, the donor component is about sh38b.
All the funds remitted by the World Bank and DFID for NUSAF2 activities in
northern Uganda and Karamoja totalling sh123.5b were disbursed to districts
and communities and their accountability stands at 95%. Therefore, no funds
under NUSAF2 were involved in this scam, whatsoever, Bigirima explained.
PRDP funds spent
The document highlights what the PRDP funds achieved.
Four countries, namely Norway, Ireland, Sweden and Denmark supported the
PRDP through a basket fund managed by the finance ministry
At the time of the audit, sh75.777b had been contributed by the donors, out
of which sh38.291b was disbursed to OPM, the documents reads.
This money, it notes, was used to construct 54 houses for Acholi traditional
chiefs, resettle people from Internally Displaced Peoples camps and obtain
29 heavy-duty tractors.
Moses Watasa, the commissioner for information in OPM, confirmed that the
tractors are working in Karamoja. Other activities include opening 10,201
acres of land in northern Uganda, distribution of 950 tons of planting
materials, 350 ox-ploughs, 700 oxen and 350 heifers.
During the 2010/11 financial year, the document adds, sh6.2b was used in the
pro¬curement and construction of ferries on Lake Kyoga and Bisina.
The ferries were considered vital in addressing the persistent transport
challenges in northern Uganda following the LRA insurgency. During the 2001,
2006 and 2011 campaigns, President Yoweri Museveni pledged a ferry to the
people of Teso sub-region, Bigirimana explained
Recently, works ministry spokesperson Susan Kataike, confirmed that parts of
the ferry had been purchased and it was pending assembling.
The document also highlights the procurement of 60,000 iron sheets, 60 hydra
foam machines, and extension of electricity to Oyam, Tororo, Soroti and
Kaberamaido districts
The rest of the funds were spent on food and non-food relief items for
disaster-stricken communities as well as other development activities. Out
of this, sh769.5m is questioned by the AG as unjustified and another
sh6.953b as fraudulently deposited on the National Policy on Disaster
Management Account, without the knowledge of the accounting officer.
Questions arise
However, the deputy chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, Paul
Mwiru, dismissed the document, saying its figures were not tallying with
what is on ground.
Why is the document highlighting about sh13.4b as the entire donor money
misappropriated when the Government has refunded sh21b to Norway alone? How
about other countries? Mwiru asked.
A forensic audit by the Auditor General (AG) exposed scam in the way the OPM
handled the funds under the PRDP. The AG and the directorate of Criminal
Intelligence and Investigations are studying documents Kazinda submitted to
account for the funds.
What went wrong?
The document attributes the major setback to the failure of by OPM, Bank of
Uganda and finance ministry in following the procedures of using the funds.
It alleges that officials in these institutions connived to misappropriate
the funds.
The donor countries and the Government had agreed that the funds be put onto
the Consolidated Fund Account for proper budgeting, which did not happen.
Instead, officials of the OPM who received the money deposited it on their
personal accounts.
But, Bigirima said the funds which were deposited on the personal accounts
were not necessarily misappropriated.
While Parliament recommended that Bigirima steps down over the scam,
President Yoweri Museveni insists the permanent secretary is a whistle
blower, who did not committee any crime.
Bigirimana has been grilled by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee
and according to Mwiru it is still too early to exonerate or convict him and
the others. Out of the sh11b, sh7b was queried by the AG. The officials who
are supposed to account for the funds look bewildered when they appear
before Parliament.
Refunds
The Government refunded the lost monies to donors as an acknowledgement that
its officials acted fraudulently.
Although we refunded the money, the culprits are being investigated and
will be prosecuted, and the money will be recovered from their assets,
Bigirimana said.
Ministers' vehicles
According to the document, in the 2011/12 financial year, sh20.17b was
deposited by the Accountant General on a dormant Crisis Management Account,
without the knowledge of the accounting officer. However, Kazinda was
reportedly aware of the transaction.
Out of the sh20.17b, Kazinda is alleged to have advised that sh13.77b be
used for a number of activities including the purchase of vehicles for newly
appointed Government ministers. Bigirimana endorsed Kazindas advice, but
details of the balance are scanty.
Way forward
The scam may have delayed the implementation of PRDP activities, but
according to Bigirimana, it has not killed the burning hope among the people
of northern Uganda. Watasa also says OPM will now be channelling funds
directly to the beneficiaries through districts.
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