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BY WILBER MUHWEZI KASIBANTE

IN BUSHENYI—

Bushenyi district public accounts committee chaired by Mr. Emmanuel Karasi today afternoon may 17^th 2017 chased away the deputy town clerk for Bushenyi ishaka municipality Fedinard Katunda Mukuru for abusing them .

 

Trouble started when one of the members asked Katonda mukuru why the municipal council never took the proposer meant to source for funding from Japanese Embassy for a theater at Bushenyi Health Centre IV.

Deputy Town clerk katunda mukuru whom the question was not directed to from nowhere “am surprised, even your questions are fake “ katunda mukuru charged.

Then the PAC chairman Mr. Emmanuel Karasi charged too and replied him “ Mr katunda mukuru stop being arrogant to us if to us. If you want to be arrogant go and do it to your wife. For us we are here to investigate why you misused the Japanese grant worth 224 millions” karasi attacked katunda too.

Karasi also ordered katunda mukuru out of the committee which sat in district board room in Bushenyi town . Katunda pleaded to the committee to give him back the file containing details about the theater which he had given  the committee but the committee chairperson barked at him and told him “this file belongs to your boss town clerk and for you have turned out to be extremely arrogant and leave this committee room immediately “.

Today was a second day running while PAC is investigating 224 million Japanese grant which was given to Bushenyi ishaka municipal council to construct a theater at Bushenyi health centre IV in Bushenyi town.

The theater in question which was funded by the Japanese Embassy in 2014 has never been operational since it’s a commissioning early 2015.

PAC was forced to intervene after the internal auditor and the auditor general’s audits raised audit quarrels to the effect that the cost of materials were inflated .

The PAC members were concerned with the cost of roofing which was put at 32 million and a theater which is  a small building.To them cannot even cost 20 millions. Members went ahead and visited and quelled the theater doors are which are not suitable, shutters, they are cracks in the building, there is neither a toilet nor septic pit, the cost of the generator was inflated because it cannot light the health centre and even the glasses are not fit because they can see a doctor who is administering an operation in the theater from outside.

Since the tender of constructing the theater in question was offered to the municipal mayor’s closest friend Mr. Sam Musiime, the councilors have always complained that the tender was for the mayor Mr Jackson Kamugasha  because him and Musiime do business together.

When www.mknewslink.com  editor contacted the mayor after the committee meeting which he attended over whether the tender was for him and he channeled it through Musiime , he denied having taken the tender to construct the theater through musiime. He however admitted that musiime his close friend and they do business together.

According to Bushenyi ishaka municipal council speaker Mr Milton Betungura, the town clerk and his staff demanded for more 20 million to finish the theater and it was given to them this financial but noted that there was a lot of corruption tendencies in the theater construction and completion and therefore the council will not add them more money.

The speaker who also attended PAC committee meeting accompanied by the male councilor for kibale ward Nyakabirizi division told the committee that they will not allow technicalrats and  the mayor Mr Jackon Kamugasha to steal money meant for the theater and sit down and watch” we cannot sit here and watch technicalrats and the mayor steal grants and government money . Voters elected us to help them get services and be the council that fights corruption” speaker Betungura said.

The committee resolved that government valuer be invited to Bushenyi health centre IV and establish the cost of the building because 224 million is far much compared to cost of other theaters in greater Bushenyi.

The committee also resolved that they visit the officials at Japanese embassy about the inflated cost of the theater and even establish whether they were given more money above 224 million and declare less money.

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By Edson Kinene

In Rukungiri—
The Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Rukungiri District, Mr
Martin Mugabe, has suspended the distribution of perennial crops
(coffee, Tea) supplied under government’s Operation Wealth Creation
(OWC) programme.
Mr Mugabe said the perennials supplied in the district at this time
are set to dry because rains are coming to the end, adding that OWC
officials have for long ignored advice from the district authorities
before supplying agriculutural inputs under the programme.
“We have agreed as district leaders to have all supplies of crops
stopped until the next season of rains, we can not to see further
crops dry under rack and behind kitchen because farmers are waitning
for rains to set in” he said.
Mr Zepher Karyeija, the district production coordinator, confirms to
the suspension of the supplies say “lots of government money has been
lost due to bad timing of supplies”.
“It will not serve the intended purpose if we go ahead and supply the
perennial crops,” he said.
According to Mr Katebire Andrewson, District chairperson, these are
our people if we lobby and what we lobby withers away that means we
are not working for the betterment of people.
“we shall accept other supplies like cassava, banana stucks that are
being given out because for them they can stand the weather now until
rains come but for perennials, that one is out,” he said.

BY WILBER MUHWEZI –KASIBANTE

IN BUSHENYI—

Greater Bushenyi regional police commander Mr. Eddie Sserunjoji has revealed that the people of Bushenyi should stop speculating that the prime suspect Kamusiime Alvin aka Jakoda was not hired by rich men in Bushenyi town to kill John Rwamutwe Hedex as earlier speculated by  people in Bushenyi since last week when he was arrested

Mr Sserunjoji added that they have been following rumors’ since the murder of Rwamutwe , we were hunting for one suspect because the evidence available kamusiime Alvin Jakoda killed Rwamutwe

‘Since the arrest of key suspect kamusiime on Friday last week, there have been a lot of speculations naming four tycoons in Bushenyi town that they hired jakoda to kill Rwamutwe .

Some of these tycoons are ready in hiding because of verbal attack that have been going around claiming that they killed Rwamutwe

when www.mknewslink.com  editor contacted the RPC and regional CID  the four tycoons participated in the murder of Rwamutwe he refuted the claims and noted that jakoda killed him alone.

Bushenyi residents’ speculation hinges on the fact that   prime suspect jakoda revealed the four names of tycoons during interrogation.

Sources from the regional CIIDs office told www.mknews.link.com that prime suspect Jakoda will be taken to the court tomorrow on Thursday may 18th on murder charge.

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