WE CANNOT APPOINT A THIEF TO LOOK FOR THIEVES—-BUSHENYI COUNCILORS TELL BUSHENYI LCV CHAIRMAN ON APPOINTMENT OF FORMER DISTRICT SPEAKER

BY WILBER MUHWEZI AND CYNTHIA ARINDA

IN BUSHENYI—-

EMMANUEL KARASI, BUSHENYI DISTRICT FORMER SPEAKER WHO WAS REJECTED BY COUNCIL YESTERDAY TO BE MEMBER OF PAC ON ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION

Bushenyi district councilors during a council meeting yesterday that rejected Karasi on moral grounds

Former Bushenyi district speaker Emmanuel Karasi was last evening rejected by councilors for an appointment to the anti-corruption committee for the district because of integrity issues and lack of clean record.

Bushenyi district chairman Jafari Basajjabalaba nominated Karasi together with two others o be on the district public accounts committee.

Councilors led by Ronald Rwabutwagu revealed that Kaarasi is being hunted by police for stealing 70,000 tea seedlings worth37.5million.

It became a long discussion whereby the entire executive committee , district chairman, CAO Elias Byamungu pleaded for Karasi but councilors refused.

Jafari Basajabalaba-bushenyi district chairman who proposed Karasi’s name and rejected

Lady councilor Nyakabirizi division Winnie Mbyemire told council that she is a delegate at Butuuro SACCO  and Karasi has defaulted a loan for many years and is being looked for by court brokers.

Councilors asked for more time to scrutinize the other two names that were nominated along with Karasi and the two include Annah Kajoojo former district lady councilor for Kyabugimbi and Ruhumuro and the Yasin Birari the former district chairman service commission.

Fish Banyanga told the speaker Justine Bulisadi that he has a letter and raised it up where the  RDC directed the OCCIID to arrest Karasi over the seedlings.

Anthony Katwarana councilor Nyakabirizi told the district chairman “we cannot appoint a thief to look for thieves.”