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By Ambrose Kweronda
In Kabale

The State Minister for Economic Monitoring, Ms Beatrice Akello Akori has directed the arrest of former Kabale Municipality Human Resource Officer Beddah Mugyendesa and the accountant in charge of salaries Mr Gideon Ahebwomugisha for allegedly causing financial loss to the government by inflating the number of civil servants.

The directive was made on Thursday during the minister’s monitoring mission in Kabale municipality.

The directives came after the Kabale Resident District Commissioner Godfrey Nyakahuma reported to the minister that security led by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating the alleged inflation of civil servants to access the government payroll by Mugyendesa and Ahebwomugisha.

Our Reporter was reliably informed that Mugyendesa and Ahebwomugisha also reportedly enrolled some non-science teachers to illegally access the payroll of science teachers to share with them the salary.

RDC Nyakahuma said that investigations are still ongoing to ascertain how many ghost civil servants illegally accessed the government payroll.

The Kabale municipal town clerk Justine Barekye told our reporter that about 28 ghost civil servants have been discovered as they continue to thoroughly ascertain the number of ghost workers which prompted the minister to order Mr Nyakahuma to ensure that Mugyendesagye and Ahebwomugisha are arrested to answer charges of causing a financial loss to the government.

Our reporter’s effort to get Mugyendesagye’s comment on the matter was futile because his known phone number could not go through whereas Ahebwomugisha said that he is not answerable to any ghost workers who illegally accessed the payroll claiming that he only pays the list that has been approved by the Human Resource

By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

Parental Care Nursery and Primary School, Bushenyi was on 12th May declared the winner of the 2023 National Junior Schools Debate Championships.

Parental Care Nursery and Primary school is not only good in debating but also academically is famous for registering the highest number of first grades every year, maintaining the pace for the last couple of years.

This year’s debate competition rotated around strengthening transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption as the only way to boost the country’s development.

The Chief guest Mr. Benson Turamye who is The Executive Director of Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), said it is every citizen’s responsibility to fight corruption including the young and old.

The competitions attracted schools like Kawempe Muslim Secondary School, St. Mary’s College Kisubi (SMACK), Bright Grammar Primary School, Masaka, Parental Care Nursery and Primary school among others.

Meanwhile, MPs were physically engaged in this very debate with students on how government can effectively use technology to leverage transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption. This was the first time since 2010 that students have been able to debate with the MPs.

However, Asimwe Sasha a proud student of Parental Care Primary School, Bushenyi tasked Government to provide a conducive environment to allow and protect citizens who use social media to volunteer information on corruption.

While responding to www.mknewslink.com Mr. Yebazamukama Trevor the Director of Parental Care Primary School said that what has kept his school on top is a secret of recruiting competent teachers who are capable of showing the learners the right direction for a better future.

He noted that they also invest much in sports and other co-curricular activities to better shape their learners not only to pass final exams but also to prepare them into future’s responsible citizens.