The Presidential Affairs Committee
leadership has revealed that the probe into the mismanagement of iron sheets
and other relief items meant for families in the poverty-stricken Karamoja
sub-region is ready.
The vice
chairperson of the committee Naome Kabasharira, says her team is hoping that
the House leadership would line up the item on the order paper for next week.
Kabashaira
disclosed that they were silent because they had to sit down and gather
whatever they had collected and investigated to put them into one document.
Investigations
into the mismanagement of relief items including goats, sheep iron sheets, and
other food items intended to assist the vulnerable persons in the Karamoja
region commenced February.
In the
course of the investigation, the legislators interfaced with among others, Vice
President Jessica Alupo, Prime Minister Robbinah Nabbanja together with other
22 Ministers, 30 Members of Parliament plus relatives of implicated officials.
A field
visit to the Karamoja sub-region was also conducted in March, where it was
discovered that each beneficiary was supposed to receive 16 goats.
On the
contrary, the committee leadership found that some people in the said region
received poor-quality animals while others never got anything at all.
Having
concluded investigations, Kabasharira is hoping that the dicey matter will find
space on the order paper for discussion and or adoption before the House slides
into recess in about 4 weeks.