Sunday, 26
August 2012 21:28
Written by
wilber muhwezi
Kyegegwa district chairman Norman Birungi has said the
district has lost more than Shs 100m in the two years it has been in existence
to officials suspected to be corrupt.
Birungi said seven district staff had so far been
interdicted to pave way for investigations. Birungi revealed this development
to The Observer last week after attending a sensitization workshop on good
governance at Kyegegwa district headquarters.
The workshop was organized and funded by the Rwenzori
Consortium for Civic Competence (RWECO) and Ride Africa, nongovernmental
organizations with anti-corruption and governance programmes in Rwenzori
sub-region.
The workshop was intended to kick-start activities in
preparation for the launch of the Kyegegwa district Integrity Promotion Forum,
due in November. Each district in Uganda, according to RWECO project
coordinator, Jimmy Baluku, is expected to have an Integrity Promotion Forum
chaired by the Resident District Commission.
“Kyegegwa badly needs such forum that can instill
discipline amongst our staff who have become unethical and corrupt,” Birungi
said.
He said two members of staff in the district’s
forestry sub-sector had been dragged to the Anti-Corruption Court for allegedly
embezzling more than Shs 50m, while another Shs 25m had been stolen from the
finance department.
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Accessed on Tuesday, 28, Aug, 2012 from: http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20589&Itemid=114
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