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Museveni Key Ministers Accused of Corruption Cleared by State House

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State House Legal Committee has cleared key Ministers who are accused of engaging in corruption scandals.

Florah Kicoco, the Commissioner of Legal Affairs, State House Ugandasid in a statement that her Boss the president directed her to respond to some of your concerns relating to corruption.

Some of the issues include; the ministers that were convicted by Courts of offenses relating to corruption but were shielded by H.E. the President and have been consistently and continuously reappointed like Jim Muhwezi, Sam Kutesa, and Alice Kaboyo.

Another was defending Dr. Monica Musenero the current Minister for Science and Technology, shielding Rt. Hon. Amama Mbabazi former Prime Minister and sacrificing Kazinda, madam Pinnetti and Lubowa Hospital Project where the Government spent over Shs600bn in the name of putting up a modern hospital, shielding Uganda Airlines officers like Jenifer Bamuturaki, the Chief Executive Officer and Sam Kuteesa’s New York saga.

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Response

Investigations into the misuse of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) funds were initiated by H.E. the President through a letter dated 5th April 2007 to the Inspector General of Government (Justice Faith Mwondha) in his letter. Investigations involved Hon. Jim Muhwezi who was the Minister for Health then, Dr. Alex Kamugisha (State Minister), Hon. Capt. Mike Mukula (State Minister), and Alice Kaboyo who was a Private Secretary in charge of Youth Affairs in the State House. They were charged with the offenses of abuse of office, theft, embezzlement, causing financial loss, and making false documents by the Anti-Corruption Court.

Hon. Jim Muhwezi and Dr. Alex Kamugisha were acquitted of the charges. Capt. Mike Mukula was acquitted on appeal to the High Court having been earlier convicted by a Chief Magistrate.

Alice Kaboyo was convicted on her own plea and was sentenced to a fine which she paid.

With respect to the appointment of Hon. Alice Kaboyo as Minister of State in Charge of Luweero Triangle after her conviction, the matter was considered by the appointment’s committee of parliament which approved her appointment. The Attorney General also gave an opinion to the effect that the law did not bar her from holding a public office. Therefore, her appointment was done in accordance with the law.

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A Select Committee of Parliament investigated the allegations that had been made about the misuse of funds that were meant for the research and development of diagnostic and therapeutic vaccines. The Committee recommended that a forensic audit into the misuse of funds be carried out by the Auditor General which was done. Hon. Dr. Musenero was not found liable for misusing the said funds.

All officers that were involved in the misuse of funds meant for refugees and other projects at the Office of the Prime Minister were investigated. The investigation led to the conviction and sentencing of the suspects that were found culpable.

No incidences of corruption have been reported in the construction of the Lubowa Specialized Hospital Project. The project is still on course although complaints were made by some people that the project should have been undertaken by Government itself instead of getting an investor, delays in project implementation, etc. However, it’s a good project which will make specialized treatment accessible to Ugandans as opposed to the continuous spending of huge sums of money on medical tourism as has been the case for many years.

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Issues affecting Uganda Airlines are of a policy nature like the organization structure, inequality in recruitment, alleged recruitment of non-qualified staff, etc. These said issues were investigated by Parliament and there’s a report to that effect. The allegation of corruption against Jenipher Bamuturakyi, the Executive Director was referred by the Committee to Police for investigation.

The allegation against Hon. Sam Kutesa regarding the obtaining of money from a Chinese national during his tenure at the UN was investigated by the former Attorney General Hon. William Byaruhanga on my directive and Parliament was briefed accordingly. It is, therefore, a matter of public record and information can be obtained.

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