Fort Portal leaders summoned

Kabarole- Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has summoned Fort Portal Municipality officials to appear before it to explain why they failed to account for public funds.

The Committee vice chairman, Mr Oddo Tayebwa, said Fort Portal municipality authorities were implicated in abuse of funds meant for government projects.

“According to the Auditor General’s reports for 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, funds in Fort Portal municipality were mismanaged and embezzled and there was no documentation and accountability,” Mr Tayebwa said without disclosing how much money was unaccounted for.
 The committee has summoned Fort Portal Municipal town clerk to appear before it on November 27.

However the Fort Portal mayor Mr Edison Asaba Ruyonga said the current municipal town clerk was not summoned.

“There could be misappropriation of funds and we have ever reported it to the IGG or local government minister. But this was with the regime of former town clerk and not Edward Lwanga (the current town clerk),” Asaba said. for more information visit: editorial@ug.nationmedia.com and  Monday
November 25,  2013 daily monitor