Dr Kipenji
With all due respect sir, help in this thread for this Ugandan really needs
to understand the disease before he writes the prescription. And trust me I
have burnt my time on him for a while.
Over to you Omusawo.
EM
On the 49th Parallel
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
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"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of akim odong
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 2:01 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: {UAH} STILL BLAME M7 FOR NO ROADS TO YOUR VILLAGE? Districts
fail to account for road funds
EM and George Okello;
Even in the USA the mother of all federalism a state recently went bankrupt.
So i don't know what the hell you lot are talking about. This guy Dr Micheal
Odong if he is a northerner then he is sad case. First of all, he must have
traveled during the financial period, to the north and he must have seen or
atleast been told of the state of the roads in and around the districts. How
could he have failed to bring this to the attention of his superiors; that
in Kitgum district where money was sent the road is still like the lunar
surface. He failed to do even the most basic, which is to notice. Ok, if he
does not come from the north then the organisation he works for, clearly
have no monitoring system in place and this is purely down to policy
framework which is not fit for purpose. The monitory and or quality control
is absent.
The other of course is that we are not sure if this is part of an elaborate
scheme to defraud public funds. Because year after year the state of the
roads in these places, particular the north has been the getting worse, so
how can Dr Micheal Odong, your exemplary worker explain that? Is it the same
story year in year out, that the districts in the north fail to account for
any works? When was the last time they were given money and used it as
required? It must have been the first year NRM came to power because it is
close to a half a century since roads in Kitgum district, had a make over.
The two of you need to understand that Kampala where Dr Micheal Odong's
office is based, is too far away from those roads users and tax payers in
the north and cannot contact or query why the roads are not being done.
Should this office be closer to the common man in Kitgum, they could surely
walk to Dr Micheal Odong's office and let their grievance felt.
This is a typical case study of how bad unitarism is to the rural and far
flung areas of a country.
I wonder what explanation the two of you have for the potholes in Kampala
city the heart of the unitary glory?
Akim
Akim
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Gwokto La'Kitgum <[email protected]>
wrote:
Districts fail to account for road funds
Publish Date: Feb 09, 2014
Districts fail to account for road funds
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Districts are given funds on a quarterly basis to maintain their roads
newvision
By Ronald Kalyango
THE Uganda Road Fund (URF) has withheld about sh400m meant for road
maintenance in Masaka and Gulu districts after the respective accounting
officers failed to account for an earlier release.
URF executive director, Dr. Michael Odong revealed that the unaccounted for
funds were released to the districts in the last quarter.
Odong told journalists at URF offices at Twed Towers in Kampala that the
withheld sh400m was meant for January-April quarter road maintenance.
We have withheld their funds because they failed to submit satisfactory
annual work plans for 2013/14 financial year and subsequently have never
signed performance agreements, said Odongo.
On average, he explained, districts receive between sh150m to sh200m;
municipalities get about sh200m and town councils on average receive about
sh60m on a quarterly basis to maintain roads.
We have given them up to February 15, to account for the funds that they
received in the last quarter and also sign the agreements. Otherwise, they
will not receive funds meant for road maintenance in their districts, Odong
said.
Other accounting officers who are required to provide accountability for the
funds that they received include those from Butambala, Buhweju and Agago.
URF is also demanding accountability from the accounting officers of Mbale,
Soroti, Tororo, Hoima, Ntungamo, Busia and Bushenyi-Ishaka municipalities.
Odongo also said the districts of Kibaale, Mpigi and Rukungiri municipal
council received their funds but with stern warning from the URF to file
timely accountabilities.
We want all officials to desist from corruption involving road maintenance
funds as has been the case. Those who fail to account will be taken to
courts of Law, said Odongo.
He said sh75b was recently released to different government agencies for
maintenance of various categories of public roads in this financial year.
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) received over sh55b, Kampala Capital
City Authority (KCCA) got over sh1.3bn while the districts are supposed to
share sh8.8b.
A statement by URF said municipalities have been allocated sh3.3b, town
councils sh4b and over sh700m provided for emergencies and special
interventions in the beneficiary areas.
We caution agencies that have continued to abuse road maintenance funds to
desist from it or else funds will be withheld as provided for in the Uganda
Road Fund Act, 2008, Odongo said.
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Gwokto La'Kitgum
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