tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89905613971299023542024-03-04T22:34:13.430-08:00Chris OboreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-13306974625368846672012-01-31T02:26:00.000-08:002012-01-31T02:26:51.198-08:00The rot Kazibwe presided over is now exposedI broke the story of ex-VP Specioza Wandira Naigaga Kazibwe's mess at the Microfinance support center. The center was really a repository of poor governance and financial theft. IGG eventually took over investigations spearheaded by one of the Inspectorate's level headed Director of Ombudsman Affairs. I have landed on the final report which the IGG Raphael Baku has taken years to sign not alone read it. The report pins Kazibwe and exposes some dubiousness in the whole institution. Read the executive summary below as presented by the IGG: <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THE REPORT ON ALLEGED MISMANAGEMENT AT THE MICROFINANCE SUPPORT CENTRE LTD </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">INVESTIGATION NO. IG. 06/03/11</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Inspectorate of Government received allegations of mismanagement at the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) Ltd wherein it was alleged that:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali lacked the requisite academic qualifications for the job of Deputy Executive Director (DED) and that he specifically lacked qualifications equivalent to a first degree, Diploma, Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Board of Directors irregularly created a position of a second Deputy Executive Director to accommodate Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali, a former member of the Board of Directors who had been beaten in the interviews for the position of Deputy Executive Director. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It was further alleged that the Board of Directors of the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) appointed Mr<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </b>Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali a Deputy Executive Director (DED) irregularly without following the relevant guidelines. It was also alleged that the Board, without justifiable cause, sent the Executive Director, Mr. Charles Byanyima on forced leave for four months and then appointed the irregularly recruited Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali, as Acting Executive Director despite his lack of qualifications.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali was appointed a Deputy Executive Director (DED) he was supposed to serve a probation period of six months but only served for three months and he was confirmed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Board then hurriedly amended the Human Resource manual as a means of covering up the irregularity. Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali, the acting Executive Director was formerly a member of the Board of Directors and the Board irregularly recruited him to serve their personal interests.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The procurement of Consultancy Services for Risk Assessment at the Microfinance Support Centre Ltd did not follow procurement procedures because the chairperson had personal interest in the matter. It was further alleged that she had fronted her Company M/s Concave International Ltd to do the work which management rejected. When management rejected the idea, she threatened to resign and thereafter as a compromise, the consultancy was awarded to her business associate Ms. Elizabeth Kalembe and Mr. John Baptist Lwanga. It was also alleged that her son Mr. Julian Kiiza was among the consultants.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Board of Directors held unnecessary meetings at the company every month for purposes of drawing allowances. It was further alleged that the Board had a full-time office at the MSC offices in Kololo with the chairperson sitting there at least once every week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that the chairperson was drawing allowances of 500,000/= (Five hundred<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>thousand shillings) every day she would step in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the office as a Board member even when she would simply come to office to check for her personal mails or do private work. In addition to that the chairperson was allocated a company vehicle with a driver and fuel which she was using for her personal work.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Board of Directors of MSC Ltd was conducting itself in an improper manner and transacting Board business yet it was improperly constituted. </span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" /></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Investigations were initiated on account of the aforementioned allegations and the following findings were made:</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr.Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali indeed lacked the requisite academic qualifications for the position of Deputy Executive Director and Executive Director and his Masters Degree from Kampala International University was irregularly awarded. The Board of Directors did not carry out due diligence to ascertain the validity of the academic qualifications of Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali before appointing him<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>despite the red flag highlighted by the Consultants from Uganda Management Institute (UMI) in their report.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Board of Directors of MSC mismanaged the recruitment process of the Deputy Executive Director in the following ways:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a) <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The recruitment method of “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Head hunt”</b> adopted by the Board was not provided for in the Human Resource Manual at the time of the recruitment although later it was provided for by the same Board. It also contradicted the general policy of transparency inherent in open competition. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">b) <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali, a former member of the Board, was recruited as the Deputy Executive Director before he resigned his position as a Board member creating conflict of interest. This conflict of interest was apparent in the fact that Rwabukuku continued to attend key Board meetings where decisions about the recruitment process were made even after he had made a written application for the position of Deputy Executive Director.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">c)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Board created the second position of Deputy Executive Director deliberately to accommodate one of their own Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali who had been beaten in the interviews by Mr. Wilson W.Wamatsembe. It is our considered view that the creation of the position of second Deputy Executive Director was not done in good faith. It is likely, given the Board’s obvious interference in what should have been management matters, that the Board wanted Rwabukuku on the management team simply as a means of exerting more control over MSC after their proposal to be made into an Executive Board was rejected. Independent decision making at managerial level was already suffering due to the Board’s over-bearing approach.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">d) <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Board ignored key evidence of Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali’s ineligibility even after the UMI consultants had pointed out that he did not have a Bachelors Degree and ended up engaging someone without requisite qualifications. This was most likely an intentional oversight meant to serve the Board’s own interests. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">e) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In what appeared to be a premeditated scheme by the Board to exert more control over day to day management at MSC, they immediately appointed Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali who was their colleague on the Board as Acting Executive Director notwithstanding the fact that he lacked managerial experience, he was the second best in the interviews, and had no requisite academic qualifications for the job. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">f)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali was appointed to the position of Acting Executive Director when he was still on probation contrary to Section 5.8(b) of the Human Resource manual which provides that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Only confirmed staff are eligible for acting appointments.”</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">g)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When the position of Executive Director fell vacant, it should have been advertised, internally or externally to allow for competition in view of the fact that both of the Deputy Directors were newly appointed. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -19.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali’s interest in the position of Deputy Executive Director was not declared and never resigned as a member of the Board. He participated in Board meetings that made vital decisions regarding the position for which he was applying. His failure to excuse himself strongly suggested that he took advantage of his position on the Board and as such benefited from this position of trust and was therefore in conflict of interest. This contravened Section 9(1) & (2) of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2009 which provides that;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.75in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(1)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">An employee, or a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>member of a public Body, public company or public undertaking who, in course of his or her official duties, deals with a matter in which he or she or his or her immediate family has a direct or indirect interest or is in a position to influence the matter directly or indirectly and he or she knowingly, fails to disclose the nature of that interest and votes or participates in the proceedings of that body, company or undertaking, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty currency points or both.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.75in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(2) <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conflict of interest shall arise where the person referred to in subsection (1)-</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 2in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(a) <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>deals with a matter in which he or she has personal interest and where he or she is in a position to influence the matter directly or indirectly, in the course of his or her official duties;</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 2in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(c) <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>participates in the deliberations of a public body, board, council, commission or committee, of which he or she is a member at any meeting at which any matter in which he or she has personal interest is to be discussed.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The procurement of Consultancy Services for the Risk Assessment at the Microfinance Support Centre Ltd did not comply with the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act and Regulations, 2003. Under the PPDA Act and Regulations, a procurement of this magnitude (UGX 78,920,000/=) should have been advertised under Open Domestic bidding procedures. However, this was not the case; instead Direct Procurement/sole sourcing was used. In the event that MSC had reasons to deviate from the normal procurement procedures they should have applied for approval of the deviation from the PPDA Authority as provided<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>under Section 339 of PPDA Regulations, 2003. Section 339 of PPDA Regulations provides that, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a deviation from the use of procurement or disposal method or documents under these regulations may be permitted by the Authority-</i></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(a)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Where exceptional requirements make it impossible, impractical or uneconomical to comply with these Regulations;</span></i></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(b)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Where market conditions or behavior do not allow effective application of these Regulations; or</span></i></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(c)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For specified or particular requirements that are regulated or governed by harmonized international standards or practices.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Section 340(1) of PPDA Regulations, 2003 further provides that, “an<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> application for deviation from the use of a procurement or disposal method or document shall be submitted to the Authority in writing”</i>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Our investigations confirmed that no application for the waiver was sought from the Authority.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Failure to comply with the provisions of the PPDA Act and Regulations means that the procurement of Consultancy Services for the Risk Assessment by the Microfinance Support Centre Ltd was devoid of transparency and fair competition contrary to the PPDA<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Act section 45 and 46. Section 45 of the PPDA Act provides that “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All procurement and disposal shall be conducted in a manner which promotes transparency, accountability and fairness”</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.</b> While Section 46 provides; “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Subject to this Act, all procurement and disposal shall be conducted in a manner to maximize competition and value for money”</i>. It therefore goes without saying that value for money might not have been achieved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Contracts Committee erred in awarding the contract to Ms. Kalembe without either subjecting the process to open competitive bidding or a waiver from the PPDA Authority in the case of direct procurement. The contract was therefore not only illegal but could not be assessed to determine value for money. The Contracts Committee and in particular the Committee Chairperson and Secretary therefore abdicated their functions when they caused an irregular award of contract to Ms. Elizabeth Kalembe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was also established that the consultant who carried out the Risk Assessment Ms. Elizabeth Kalembe had previously worked with one Mr. John Baptist Lwanga who turned out to be a business associate to Dr. Speciosa N.K Wandira in M/s Concave International. Dr. Speciosa N.K Wandira’s son Mr. Julian Kiiza was also found to have worked as a Research Assistant for Ms. Kalembe’s consulting team. When queried about these links Dr. Speciosa N.K Wandira stated that Mr. John Baptist Lwanga worked with Ms. Elizabeth Kalembe as an individual Consultant and no revenue accrued to M/s Concave International Ltd from the Consultants. She also emphasized that her son was an adult and she could not influence his actions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the fact that there was no evidence that Dr. Speciosa N.K Wandira exerted pressure on the Contracts Committee to flout procurement procedures, it was too much of a coincidence that the consulting company which was brought on board outside procurement procedures just happened to have her business partner and son among its staff. It is also pertinent to note that all of this occurred after Dr. Wandira had expressed interest in undertaking the consultancy herself at an earlier point until she was advised against it. It is therefore very likely that the choice of consultant was a result of undue influence by the Board. Ms. Kalembe’s consultancy contract was also found to have been awarded in contravention of Article 9(g) of the MSC Articles of Association due to the fact that it was executed with the assistance of a business associate of the Board Chairperson along with a son of the Board Chairperson.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Memorandum and Articles of Association of MSC specify a minimum of at least one meeting per quarter implying that the frequency of meetings to be held are decided upon by the Board depending on the volume of work/ business before the Board thus there is no maximum limit of the number of Board meetings that can be held in a quarter. There was therefore no manifest irregularity in the frequency of Board meetings.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">9.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Board involvement in routine management activities like the preparation of the Strategic Plan, Critical Path Analysis and Human Resource Manual, among others, caused the managers at MSC to form the perception that the Board was interfering with their work. Indeed the Board was working as if they were fulltime employees of the company. The Board was no longer steering policy but was essentially managing MSC and taking executive decisions. A clear example of this is when the Board initiated the process of recruitment of a consultant for the Risk Assessment study. While management was amenable to Board guidance which included a review of the Company Strategic Plan and Manuals, Critical Path Analysis, it is clear that the Board overstepped its roles and responsibilities and actually re-invented itself as an Executive Board. This state of affairs is probably what led to a standoff between senior managers and the Board at the time that this investigation was launched.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">10.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The frequency with which the Board Chairperson made claims for allowances<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>account of work allegedly done for MSC was unusually high to say the least. For example between the months of August 2009 to November 2009 the Board Chairperson collected allowances between 7.5 to 9.4 Million shillings per month. In the said period she claimed allowances for 53 activities she allegedly carried out on behalf of MSC and out of those the Inspectorate of Government found funds in respect of only 12 of the said activities to have been properly accounted for. The payments made to her in any given month by way of allowances rivaled that of some of the highest paid managers at MSC which begs the question as to whether the Chairperson’s role had not essentially become managerial or whether the Chairperson was deliberately interfering in what would ordinarily be MSC managerial duties for financial gain. This suspicion is further strengthened by the fact that the Chairperson could not provide adequate accountabilities in the form of reports or minutes of meetings to prove that the allowances paid to her were actually for MSC work. When queried, Dr. Wandira submitted some reports, concept papers, and minutes to corroborate her claims. Dr. Wandira’s accountabilities were analyzed and found to cater for only Twenty Million, Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand and Eighteen Uganda Shillings (UGX 20,375,018/=) out of a total of Seventy-Eight Million, Six Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand and Eighteen Shillings (UGX 78,675,018/=) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>leaving a total of Fifty-Eight Million, Three Hundred Thousand Shillings Only (UGX 58,300,000/=) as monies claimed but not properly accounted for. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">11.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Board acted irregularly to allocate an MSC operations vehicle and an office to the Chairperson of the Board - Dr. Speciosa N.K Wandira, because this is not provided for in the Memorandum and Articles of Association neither was this among the terms and conditions of her appointment. As a Chairperson of the Board she did not require a vehicle and an office because her role was not expected to be of a full-time nature. MSC resources were therefore irregularly allocated to the detriment of routine MSC operations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">12. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Board Members and Chairperson were never approved by the Annual General Meeting of shareholders after the expiry of their first term of office. Their re-appointment process was not yet legally complete. The letter by the Hon. Minister declaring the intention to re- appoint them for another term of three (3) years <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>remained merely an intention to be effected through the shareholders at their Annual General Meeting. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" /></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">RECOMMENDATIONS:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In light of the findings above, it is hereby recommended that:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku Musaali should show cause to the Inspectorate of Government why he should not be prosecuted for acting in conflict of interest contrary to Section 9 of the Anti-Corruption Act of 2009 when he failed to excuse himself from Board proceedings concerning a job for which he had already expressed interest.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The appointment of Mr. Iggy Rwabukuku as Executive Director should be terminated since he does not have the requisite academic qualifications for the position.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The position of Executive Director should be advertised and subjected to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>open competition to attract qualified persons to the position.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The second position of Deputy Executive Director should be reviewed by management of MSC and a new Board of Directors given the fact that it appeared to have been created to accommodate Rwabukuku as opposed to practical necessity.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Given the improprieties perpetrated by the former Board of MSC, a new Board be appointed to replace the previous Board. The new Board should also be advised to adhere to their stipulated functions and leave the day to day administration of MSC to the managers.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The members of the Contracts Committee that awarded the illegal contract for the Risk Assessment study without following PPDA guidelines should be cautioned for their conduct and advised to desist from such malpractices in the future.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Memorandum and Articles of Association of MSC should be reviewed by the shareholders in order to clearly delineate the functions of the Board against those of the executive managers of MSC so as to avoid undue recurrence of Board involvement in management functions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Minister of Finance Planning and Economic Development should require Dr. Speciosa N.K Wandira to either fully account for the monies remaining unaccounted for amounting to the sum of UGX 58,300,000/= within one month from the date of receipt of this report or to make immediate arrangements to refund the same to MSC. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 4.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">9. The Human Resource Manual of MSC should be reviewed to remove those provisions that limit transparency and open competition without proper justification such as the provision for “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">head hunt</b>” method of recruitment.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 4.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">10. Kampala International University should recall and revoke the Master’s Degree erroneously awarded to Mr. Rwabukuku to stop him from wrongfully benefiting from its entitlements.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">11. NCHE should establish a programme of periodic inspection of admissions to Universities to ensure that minimum standards set for admissions are complied with.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">INSPECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif";">JANUARY 2012</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-5579834386869488892012-01-24T05:27:00.001-08:002012-01-27T05:25:09.345-08:00A case for IGG Baku’s impeachment<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The NRM Caucus at Kyankwanzi squarely laid blame on civil servants as the orchestrators of grand corruption. As a solution, the Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi is pushing an agenda to give contracts to bureaucrats. I frown at such a line of thinking on two fronts: First, the civil servants are corrupt because they have seen and are supervised by a notoriously corrupt political class. It’s therefore, reasonable that political corruption is tackled first so that they [politician] can claim moral authority to fight corrupt civil servants. Otherwise, it’s unfashionable for a thief to try to dissuade others from stealing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Secondly, giving contracts to civil servants is akin to the structural adjustment program of the 1990’s when several civil servants were retrenched to allow the political class to employ people of their choice. Northerners and easterners lost out miserably and still remain at the periphery of the government bureaucracy. This contracts thing appears to be a move to weed out perceived anti-NRM civil servants. It must be resisted.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Fast forward: Uganda has got the office of the IGG meant to be lead the fight against graft. It has failed. One of the problems is the man called Raphael Baku, the acting IGG. He is unfit to even seat next to a real IGG, if you ask me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is why? He has no charisma. He has no character. He is a schemer, pure and simple. Hang on please. This guy is now in the middle of a scandal. Posta Uganda dubiously wanted to sell off land near Postel building in Kampala. Mr Baku heard about it and he wrote to Posta asking why the land was being sold without following proper procedures. Within 24 hours, Baku changed his mind and became interested in the land. He asked Posta boss, one shrewd man called Arinaitwe to remove it from the public domain and sell it to IGG.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Baku and Arinaitwe agreed on a fee of Sh5billion without going through the contracts committees of both IGG and Posta. Posta's board hadnt even known about the transaction but Baku immediately orders payment of Sh2.8billion. More over Posta had not done the valuation of the land. Instead Baku followed it up. By the time the IGG paid a deposit, the certificate of title had not been separated meaning that Baku was buying the empty land including the building housing the Office of the Prime Minister. By the time the IGG does all this, does he still qualify to spearhead the fight against corruption? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously, no. Why did he get interested in the land without making it public? Was there any pecuniary interest? There is a very reason to suspect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did he let Posta ignore procurement rules? If Baku can ally with Arinaitwe who has a host of management issues at Posta, does he still have the moral authority to listen to complaints from Posta employees who would feel mistreated by Arinaitwe?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Secondly, Baku is a flop as a leader. As you read this, one of the most experienced officers at the Inspectorate, Ms Susan Bisharira, the director Leadership Code, has declined to have her contract renewed because she can’t take Baku’s confusion any more. Bisharira is a straight talker who even qualifies to become the IGG having worked with the Institution since its inception. But because Baku is a failed politician and job seeker, who, follows no rules, senior officials are opting to quit the Inspectorate.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Baku does not even read reports submitted to him. He only signs those he has interest in. Most of the work is done by his personal assistant one Simon Kajura Ogwal, whose understanding of the law appears wanting. This is how Baku ended up sanctioning a case against Quality Chemicals even when he knew that there was no case. He said the firm would be prosecuted just to shame them. Did we hire Baku to shame without evidence? Isn’t this gross incompetence, a ground on which the IGG can be fired? Where are serious MPs here?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Baku’s approach is a mockery of the fight against corruption. Because of his incompetence, we now have a former VP Gilbert Bukenya walking with his head high that he is not corrupt even when the public does not believe so. Baku opted to rush Bukenya to court without any evidence.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thirdly, Baku received Sh930million as supplementary budget to investigate Chogm. Did he need all that money? Wasn’t Chogm investigation within the mandate of the IGG’s ordinary schedule? Only half of this money was used. And the accountability included payment of honorarium and additional duties. Surely wasn’t this double payment? I am glad that the police have gotten hold of the payment vouchers. I hope they see the senselessness in Baku and charge him. He should also be charged for spending money in bogus foreign trips with his cowboy personal assistant. I hear next month, they are headed to the US on a spending spree. Instead of supervising prosecutors who lose cases in court, Baku is always hunting for a travelling opportunity. He has concentrated on prosecution as his only mandate as IGG ingnoring the adherence to the Leadership code and the Ombudsman role which would save thousands of people from poor governance. To be a performer according to Baku, one must show how many cases they have taken to court. This is meant to hoodwink the public that he is working. His cadres only end up prosecuting primary school teachers and parish chiefs without proper academic papers. Surely, is that the way graft should be fought?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lastly, shouldn’t police ask Baku to explain how he acquired a house he recently moved into in Kiwatule? It’s estimated at Sh700million. How did he get the money? Baku needs to be subjected to the same dose of fire he gives other people. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For his incompetence in handling the Bukenya case, Quality Chemicals and the now dubious Posta land, any sensible appointing authority or parliament, would ask Baku to try is schemes elsewhere not at an office of such magnitude. Impeach the failure.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-21621533870858425302011-12-23T01:13:00.000-08:002011-12-23T01:13:51.577-08:00How individual merit killed Uganda’s collective spirit<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:cobore@ug.nationmedia.com"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Back in those good old days, Christmas was not as glamorous in Uganda as it is today. There were no mobile phones and no Facebook. And there were no Harriers, Premios, Rav4 and not even the now very common Ipsum. </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Coming from a peasant family, I remember Christmas as a day my siblings and I anticipated to eat rice and meat, probably get some new second hand clothes after selling our chicken or sometimes goats. The village belles would treat their hair in a crude way—literally burn it using some perforated metallic stuff in which burning charcoal was put. After enduring real heat which sometimes burnt them, the babes would emerge with soft and darkened hair. Dude! They would look hot. And usually, Christmas would coincide with moonlight. The brief freedom parents gave children to mix at night, provided us the young ones the opportunity to ‘celebrate’ Christmas. There would be jukebox and wow, your guess is as good as mine.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But one thing still stands out. Christmas was a prolonged celebration. It would last two months, at least in Teso. The trick was that several households in the village would prepare to host each other. There was a lot of <i>ajon</i> [local gin]. Goats were in abundance and every family would slaughter them to celebrate Christmas. It was also a time households which had issues would sort them out before the New Year; for if you didn’t make up with those you hurt as a family, no one would honour your invitation to celebrate Christmas. And going it solo, would earn you a reputation of being the most selfish [lo’ebit] in the village.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A sense of sharing was in abundance. A sense of community was not betrayed. In our peasantry, there was abundance of collective spirit. Those are also the same days when a teacher was a person of honour, who if you disrespected them, would cause your parents serve your buttocks with enough raids. Today, in my same village in Teso, this sense of community is a thing of the past. It goes beyond Teso; it’s now a Ugandan culture.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So how did we arrive at this? Individual merit has brought us thus far. When President Museveni captured power in 1986, the message was unity; a fundamental change. The gospel was preached to the extent that many Ugandans are now guilty of failing to fathom that it was a superfluous message geared at destroying the social fabric that held Uganda as a unit. The NRM rode on the wheel of deceit so fast that it even blindfolded the intellectuals. As the peasants opposed the sale of Uganda Airlines, the destruction of Coffee Marketing Board, Lint Marketing Board, the cooperative unions, labour unions; the intellectuals argued it away and branded those opposed to the events as reactionaries. The intellectuals helped entrench the selfish motive of the new leaders under the fertile imagination that an open economy would benefit all. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">President Museveni hoodwinked multiparty believers beginning with DP’s best brains that he had ushered in a broad-based government. In fact he asked DP to give him names of its best brains to help in building the broad based regime. That time saw Dr Paul Ssemogerere lead DP’s good brains like Kisamba Mugerwa, Ssebaana Kizito, John Kakooza, Adoko Nekyon [ he later crossed to UPC], Wasswa Ziritwaula and Dr Specioza Kazibwe, just to name a few; to join the ‘broad-based’ regime.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">UPC hardliners stayed away thus attracted the ridicule of Museveni. Later some UPC leaders like Richard Kaijuka, Ephraim Kamuntu etc. joined the NRM politics, ostensibly to oppose it from within. The late UPC President Milton Obote warned that joining Museveni would mean an endorsement of the latter’s plan to ‘destroy’ the country. However, after tapping DP’s brains, Mr Museveni discarded them and announced that multi-party politics was disruptive, therefore; not tenable. He later again reverted to it, only after realising that he had done enough to confuse the Ugandan mindset not to cherish public good. Parties served to keep people together as a group.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">NRM had to dismantle them first to kill that spirit of standing together to push for a cause. The agenda of a party mobilized people together. But NRM made most Ugandans imagine that individual exploits was the way to go. And examples of individuals who gained a lot were many. By the time parties were allowed to operate, the spirit of cohesion had long been ruined hence the current squabbles rocking the Opposition.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Unknown to most Ugandans was the fact that state resources were either diverted or out rightly stolen to benefit individuals at the expense of public service. Slowly, hospitals collapsed; then followed the schools and the roads. Everything now is in pieces. But a few individuals stand out controlling economic empires. They, however, cannot provide the basic social infrastructure yet the state resources still mainly end up with individuals, who having seen the folly of believing in the state, have opted to serve self-interests. So relegated is the sense of community that even if a dog died in the middle of the road, no one would bother throw it—everyone would endure the stench—because everyone is waiting for the nonexistent government organ to throw it away. No one cares to ask why the health center nearby is mismamaged. And If you are knocked on the way, chances are that you would find no Good Samaritan or you would not be attended to at the hospital because you are not among the ‘Who is Who?” Road carnage is rising partly because every driver feels they are on the road on individual merit.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The economy is suffering partly because the Cooperative Unions that used to bring people together to discuss and get a common solution to their economic woes are long dead. It’s now a reign of individual merit. Those in public offices used them for personal gain because it’s now individual merit philosophy. The private sector is poorly management because the entrepreneurs think they are what they are on individual merit while the employees believe they are employed on individual merit, ‘so what is in it for me?” Good for all philosophy like it was in my village is no longer there. But shall we get out of this? Yes. But first change the philosophy and the value system. Individual merit just cant sort us out.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-24034092183697208962011-12-15T08:04:00.000-08:002011-12-15T08:04:53.557-08:00Health services collapse as officials eat big<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A struggle over power and on who gains from big money deals has derailed the delivery of services at the Health ministry after senior bureaucrats split into two antagonistic groups.</span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The acrimony has attracted the attention of State House that has directed that thorough investigations be done.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My investigation reveals that instead of fighting to revitalise the collapsed health care delivery, the officials engage in drafting projects and seeking financing for activities which most often were not done.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The result of the factionalism in the ministry is that projects meant to deliver services to the public unravel even before they kick off while money meant for them is swindled.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Already, some officials have refunded Sh450million out of the Sh600million they had reportedly obtained to implement yellow fever awareness campaign in the North, a project, senior bureaucrats say was a rip-off.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The officials did not conduct the yellow fever vaccination and awareness but instead colluded with district health inspectors to mobilise villagers who were given Sh10.000 each for attending “a workshop.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“They had created an activity which is fiction,” said Dr Asuman Lukwago, the permanent secretary, “the principal officer, Mr Kafuko, who generated the requisition was suspended and some were warned.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But some insiders allege that the project unraveled because some big shots needed a cut which they didn’t get.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The suspension of the said officers has fed into the mood of mutual suspicion in the ministry with Commissioner for planning Dr Francis Runumi reportedly leading a faction of the old staff while Dr Lukwago commands the new entrants.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It now obtains in the ministry that </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">neither group relies upon the other to function correctly thus increasing the already poor delivery of health care services. In some health units, the medics receive drugs and tack it away instead of dispensing to patients, a move seen as sabotage of the new officials.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dr Lukwago said on Wednesday that the new staff could be perceived negatively because “what we need is to interrupt wastage and improve service delivery.” However, some staff believe they were victims of Dr Lukwago’s autocracy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dr Runumi said: “In any organisation, when there is change, those who are in the system want to study new people and the new people do the same. But we have adjusted and things are beginning to work well.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dr Achieng, Dr Lukwago and Dr Christine Ondroa, the minister, are some of the new faces at the helm.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The permanent secretary is accused of colluding with the Director General of health services, Dr Ruth Achieng and the head of the Drug Monitoring Unit in President’s office, Dr Diana Atwine to intimidate and injure reputations of officials noncompliant to their personal interests. Both deny the allegations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“They are just branding us but we insist that whatever little money gets to health from government, let it do something,” Dr Atwine said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As a result of internal strife, some staff have separately petitioned the Inspectorate of government and President office to investigate Dr Lukwago and other officials’ work methods. They allege that fight over lucrative contracts and kickbacks define work at the ministry and shifted the doctors’ focus from clinical and public health work to fixing deals.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">According to letters, copies of which this newspaper has seen, Dr Lukwago is accused of bullying other technocrats while invoking the powers of State House.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“I have received the letter [from State House] and we have replied to it,” Dr Lukwago said, “Some of the complaints in the letters were known to us.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Incompetence or theft?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dr Runumi, is accused of failing to account for Sh1.5billion he received to prepare the health insurance bill. Sources say State House has asked that within two weeks, the accountability must be presented to the PS but Dr Runumi said on Wednesday that he had nothing to account.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Accountability is held centrally by the office of the PS. No Shs1.5billion was associated to the health insurance bill; we used to get Shs800 per year,” he said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dr Atwine, however, said the ministry reeks poor accountability. “For instance, out of Sh1.4billion meant for car repairs, they have only accounted for Sh199million,” she said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She also disclosed that while initially money was sent to districts to buy drugs but was diverted, the schemers have also learnt to divert drugs and forge accountability.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“ In Mubende, a medical officer took a book for drugs to his home and forged names of patients,” Dr Atwine said, “He told us the drugs had been taken to a private clinic by his bosses yet he had to account; he said sorry and let us to the clinic where we recovered the drugs.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">While the bureaucrats fight for the control of projects, the ministry is planning to demolish hundreds of theatres it constructed in health center IVs because they were unfit for medical operations. Sources say the theatres are substandard because the ministry’s engineering unit took big cuts from the contractors who then compromised the standards and design of the theatres.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“Some theatres were constructed 10 years ago but have never been used because they were built poorly. We are going to demolish some,” Dr Lukwago said. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Sources told this blogger that several officials in the ministry were on rampage picking anything that gives them money. And at the ministry’s mechanical workshop in Wabigalo, Kampala, at least 18 car engines were stolen as government vehicles were vandalised. Dr Lukwago has also had to forcefully recover vehicles parked in officials’ residences yet several health units had not means of transport.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The health ministry commands the largest fleet mainly four-wheeled fuel guzzlers. Some officials assigned them to their spouses.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Although Dr Lukwago confirmed the theft of car engines, he said: “We are building up cases before prosecuting the culprits.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Because of the cocktail of issues in the ministry, several government agencies including the IGG have opened up investigations. On forgery of receipts, some drivers have so confided in the investigators that their bosses often sent them to pick receipts at Nkurumah Road, a commercial printing center in the city, to help in the false accountability. Effectively, this would mean most activities were never conducted.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-39605771202010145522011-11-18T05:54:00.000-08:002011-11-18T06:02:17.405-08:00Why Catholic Bishops want Mbabazi, Onek to step aside<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Catholic Episcopal Conference has come out to demand that ministers named in the alleged oil bribery should step aside. The ministers implied in clergy’s statement are Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi and Internal Affairs minister Hillary Onek. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The two ministers have defied a parliamentary resolution that asked them to take leave from parliament until investigations into the allegations against them are concluded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the story behind the clergy’s demand for transparency from government in regard to oil management is as interesting and dramatic as Ugandan politics can be.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The object of the clergy’s statement read by the Chairman of the Episcopal Conference, Archbishop John Baptist Odama is one man called Amama Mbabazi. And it boils down to the Mbabazi war against former VP Gilbert Bukenya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is how the statement was arrived at. After Bukenya got bail and left Luzira prison last month, he called President Museveni to inform him that he was going to compete for his Busiro North seat which he had lost through a court verdict.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But Bukenya was bold. He told Museveni that he was going to campaign as an Independent candidate because Mbabazi was doing all he could to fight him out of the party. Museveni was shocked by his former number two’s position to leave the party.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And knowing that the Luzira experience had earned Bukenya sympathy which would translate into victory, Museveni asked Bukenya to see him. Apparently, Museveni did not want Bukenya in parliament on an Independent ticket as that was tinker with the NRM dynamics in parliament. Bukenya would have no political obligation to agree with the government position in parliament even if he would still profess sympathy for the ruling party and Museveni, the individual.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But how tricky it would be, Mr Museveni demanded to have face to face talks with Bukenya. However, Bukenya had a better political move. He asked Museveni that he would be accompanied to the meeting by a few of his people. Museveni consented.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So, when Bukenya and his people arrived at State House, Museveni was shocked to see that the delegation included: Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala, Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga, Lugazi Diocese Bishop Mathias Ssekamaanya and the Katikiro Eng. John Baptist Walusimbi. It was a senior Catholic Church entourage and a Buganda top delegation good enough to deliver a strong political message to Museveni.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After the exchange of pleasantries, Museveni asked Bukenya not to stand as an independent. But Bukenya’s entourage delivered a political message to Museveni: that Bukenya had suffered a lot yet he was not the only if not the most corrupt high ranking government official. While they supported the fight against corruption, they were unhappy that politics other than corruption fight informed Bukenya’s prosecution.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The clergy told Museveni not humiliate Bukenya the way Mbabazi was doing through the Inspector General of Government, Raphael Baku. They were upset by the President’s inability to reign in Baku not to humiliate Bukenya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A condition was given: If Bukenya was to stand on NRM ticket, the IGG was to withdraw charges of abuse of office against the former VP. A fly that was on the wall, says the President summoned Baku to the same meeting with immediate effect. And before the prelates, Baku was ordered to withdraw the charges against his former VP.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Apparently, when Baku fidgeted trying to justify is position, Museveni reportedly asked him: “Do you want to overthrow my government?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man from West Nile got into a panic mode. He was told he would not leave the meeting until his letter withdrawing the case was received by court. Baku rings his officials to notify court of his office’s decision to discontinue prosecution against Bukenya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With prelates’ mission achieved, Museveni demanded his political share. He reportedly lectured the clergy about the dangers of Col. Kizza Besigye’s walk-to-work protests. In fact he asked for their support to discourage the protest. As pay back, Bishop Lwanga was the first to come out openly condemning walk-to-work protests. He has maintained that stance since.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But the prelates still want Mbabazi to pay for his insidious war against the Catholic Church hence the call for transparency in oil management and the Episcopal statement demanding all ministers named in oil bribery to step aside. That real thing is that the Catholic Church has put Mbabazi on notice. As bystanders, we can only watch.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-1527307284766723662011-11-09T06:53:00.000-08:002011-11-18T07:27:13.379-08:00Why IGG’s case against three ministers will collapse<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The trial of three senior ministers accused of abuse of office and causing financial loss by the IGG is mere political witch-hunt or a joke bound to collapse in court.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The IGG’s evidence in court is a copy of unsigned minutes of an alleged meeting in Munyonyo which was reportedly chaired by Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa and attended by John Nasasira, Rukutana Mwesigwa, Ambassador Julius Onen, Chris Kassami, the Secretary to the Treasury, Sudhri Ruparelia, the city tycoon and Eng. Sam Bagonza among others.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">According to the IGG’s court file, which I have seen, the main evidence is the unsigned purported minutes. He also intends to line up the following as his witnesses: Chris Kassami, Julius Onen, Samson Bagonza, Christopher Gashirabake, a State Attorney from the ministry of Justice, Fred Kagoda, an Engineer from Works ministry, Alex Kakooza, the Under Secreatry at Works and one John Bosco Suuza.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The ministers are charged on two counts: Irregularly convening a consultative Cabinet Sub Committee meeting and irregularly committing government to fund the cost of construction driveways, parking areas and a marina at Speke Resort Munyonyo at Shs14billion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But the charges are weak because the ministers did not illegally convene a meeting on December 17, 2005 as the IGG alleges. Instead, a Cabinet Subcommittee on Chogm had on September 27, 2005 mandated the Foreign Affairs minister to lead a tour of the facilities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Minute 15/2005 of the Cabinet Sub Committee reads: “…agreed that formal letters of interest be communicated to the proprietors of venues and a team led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, composed of the following make a physical assessment of facilities; Security, Tourism, Trade and Industry, Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Attorney General’s Office, Media and Works, Transport and Communications.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It was on this Cabinet recommendation that Kutesa led a team of ministers to tour Munyonyo. This is the same meeting the IGG calls illegal. Sources say the ministers will argue in court that they never did anything illegal by visiting Munyonyo and identifying what they thought was needed to make the place fit to host CHogm retreat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Apparently, during the visit, the discussions were informal. They team retreated for refreshments and left the venue without formal discussions. It’s these informal discussions that Eng. Bangonza jotted down in his notebook.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And after becoming the first Chogm victim after the construction of the road in Munyonyo was found to be inflated, Bagonza reportedly revisited his notebook and wrote what he called minutes of the meeting. Sources say after being humiliated, Bangonza felt the three ministers did not help him escape jail. He, therefore, teamed with Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi [he has succession battles to fight] to use the so called minutes to implicate the three ministers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mbabazi directed the IGG to swing into action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, even Bagonza’s own minutes do not say anywhere that the ministers committed government to spend hs14billion in Munyonyo.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“The chairman thereafter requested members to discuss all available options for Government’ intervention, so that the necessary formalities to conclude the arrangement can be made at technical level to pave way for the commencement of the development of the required facilities,” reads minutes 3 as per Bagonza.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To make matters worse, even the IGG’s witnesses have written saying there was no formal meeting held at Munyonyo and no one was told to take minutes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“There was no formal meeting whatsoever as reflected. During the walking inspection tour, general various options were expressed as mere opinions, definitely not as reflected as agreed positions. The so called minutes attached here was not part of the inspection tour or deliberations,” reads Amb. Onen’s letter to the IGG dated June 20, 2011.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And in another letter dated June 28, Amb. Onen also wrote: “I did not appoint anyone to act as Secretary to the so called meeting and neither am I aware that there was any Chairman of the said meeting… the purported minutes of the meeting were never presented formerly and endorsed in Chogm task force meeting.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Another witness for the IGG, Chris Kassami wrote: “…I attended a number of site inspection tours and visits, as a member of the National Task Force, to see the progress on the works on the Chogm venue. During the tours and visits, we did not hold formal meetings to discuss investments in and around the venue and therefore, no minutes were produced.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“In my opinion, the minutes attached are not a true record of what transpired during the site inspection tours that I attended. I saw the minutes of the said meeting of 17 December 2007 for the first time when I received your letter.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is great weakness in the IGG’s case. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And to compound the IGG’s poor investigation, the Attorney General, Peter Nyombi in a letter to President Museveni dated October 10, 2011 said the IGG could not sustain the charges against the three ministers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“A memorandum of understanding was signed between M/s Meera Investments ltd and Government spelling the terms and conditions of the joint venture between the two parties on the 13<sup>th</sup> of March, 2006.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Secretary to the Treasury signed the memorandum on behalf of the Government. There is, however no evidence on the file to prove that there was financial loss….the offence of causing financial loss is not sustainable.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr Nyombi concludes that the matter of Munyonyo can only be settled in a civil court if there was breach of contract.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“The statements that were recorded [by IGG] from witnesses were generally irrelevant. Accordingly although Hon. Sam Kutesa, Hon. John Nasasira and Hon. Mwesigwa Rukutanda are public servants, there is no evidence to prove that they committed an offence of abuse of office,” Nyombi wrote. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">According to my investigation, the IGG Raphael Baku is used<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by the Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi to damage the image of anyone seen to be close to President Museveni, therefore; could influence his choice of a successor. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Like in the case of Quality Chemicals, a firm manufacturing malaria and HIV/Aids drugs where the IGG had no evidence but sanctions a case against the firm for the purposes of embarrassing the management, the case against the ministers is largely aimed at embarrassing the ministers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Quality Chemicals was embarrassed because Amama Mbabazi perceived the managing director, Emmanuel Katongole to be close to his political rival Prof. Gilbert Bukenya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In fact, sources say Mbabazi believed Bukenya was a shareholding at Quality Chemicals; therefore, he wanted to hit at a business where the former Vice President reportedly had interest.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In concocting a case against Quality Chemicals for purposes of embarrassing them, Baku was playing to the whims of Mbabazi.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the case, of the ministers, Mbabazi is furious that they were too close to the First Lady, Janet Museveni whom he thinks nurses intentions of succeeding her husband.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To weaken Janet, Mbabazi is trying to cut her roots first. 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Several Movementists [as they call themselves] have cried foul about the rift that Mbabazi is causing in the party but the boss, Museveni, has acted dumb.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Will he remain dumb forever given that the man he so much trusts and describes as Mr Clean seems to nurse real interest in the seat? Only time will tell but signs are that Mr Clean could soon turn out to be Mr Abominable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notwithstanding the cajoling of party MPs in a recent retreat at Kyankwazi, NRM faces serious questions from within. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Several anti-Mbabazi forces are coalescing. And Mbabazi is not relenting. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has told some young party MPs and his loyalists that he had dedicated himself to serving NRM and Museveni, therefore; it was only proper that he becomes President with the support of Museveni. He is maneuvering his way. Part of the maneuver is looping Museveni into his troubles.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">While MPs genuinely want him like Kutesa and Onek to pay for his alleged role in the oil bribery, Mbabazi has managed to convince Museveni that the MPs were not just after him but the ultimate target was Museveni. The Prime Minister is so shrewd that he has ensured that the political intelligence information received by the President is largely from the spies sympathetic to him. And the result is that Museveni has often sided with Amama. But this has further widened the wedge between Amama and the MPs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But because the President listens to Mbabazi, the political tensions between Mbabazi and the other party leaders is likely to be extended to Museveni.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And it has begun in parliament with the demand that all ministers named in the oil bribery step aside. This position is now being fought by Mbabazi who has looped in the President. They seem to have temporarily succeeded. For how long; it’s hard to tell.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With Speaker Rebecca Kadaga appearing determined to make her own political statement, Mbabazi, who clandestinely fought her election as Speaker, might not enjoy the best of times as Leader of Government business in the House. And the MPs appear to be on her side.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">While this would have been Mbabazi’s cross to carry, trouble for NRM is that Museveni has made it look like his cross as well and therefore; the party’s burden. His approach could be informed by the desire to keep the party cohesive but the consequences appear to be dramatic. Clearly, Mbabazi’s work methods show that if he fails to become President, then he goes down with Museveni.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What happens if MPs insist that Mbabazi must give way? Of course Museveni will be tempted to disregard parliament. And what would have been the message to the international community about respect and independence of different arms of government?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The negative vibes will have been sent. With the new world order, no one can afford to be law unto themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his defence of Mbabazi, the President has often argued that the man is not corrupt. Parliament is to probe the bribery allegations, so what will Museveni say if the probe reveals that actually Mr Clean is a big fraud? The implication will be that Mbabazi is corrupt with the knowledge of the President. Some unpalatable news to the international community again, I guess.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And questions are also being asked: How come that Mr Clean was named in the NSSF-Temangalo saga? How come he is also named in the oil saga? And why is Mbabazi named and not, for instance, ICT minister Ruhakana Rugunda?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Is President Museveni also aware that Mbabazi suffocated the computerization of the army payroll? The deal to computerize the UPDF payroll and to avoid ghost soldiers was worth US dollars 11million and up to date, nothing has been done. Who ate the money and why? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is Mr Museveni also aware that ESO bought three houses in London for its operations but the houses are now reportedly in the names of Mr Mbabazi? Sources say one time, disgraced deputy ESO boss, Emmy Allio travelled to London and wanted to stay in one of the houses to cut costs since they belonged to the organization he worked for but the man was turned away because he did not have permission from Mbabazi. The former journalist tuned spy relocated to another property but received similar treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is that a man Museveni should vouch as Mr Clean? Is Museveni aware that Mbabazi’s radio station in Kanungu was reportedly meant for ESO?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If Museveni wants Mbabazi as his successor, their approach could sweep both of them out of the political scene especially if they start by antagonizing the institution of parliament. In these days, when even hardcore dictators end up hiding in culverts like Libya’s Gaddafi did, you just can never know what political mistake will mark your downfall. For Museveni, at least for now, it seems his obsession with Mbabazi against all conventional wisdom could kick up a storm that will shake his hold onto power. It should have occurred to Museveni that his word alone, these days does not convince his party. Most often, as he and Mbabazi did in Kyankwazi, money is paid out to MPs to soften their stand on contentious issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bogus approach if you asked me. To keep the MPs silent, more money will have to be used. Hehe… the economic crisis won’t make it sustainable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us watch this 9<sup>th</sup> parliament keenly. They might surprise us. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-68897041653159282832011-10-19T10:12:00.000-07:002011-10-19T10:12:07.555-07:00Military will fail Museveni; the party is failing too<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There is more than meets the eye in the current noise about oil. First, it’s coming from the ruling NRM party. Secondly, the manner in which it’s coming is acidic if not unpalatable to the cohesion of the NRM party. The NRM MPs have a notorious and unenviable history, of voting with their “stomachs” than brains on salient national issues. But the oil debate seems to suggest that some MPs are beginning to sense the folly of hoodlum politics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question is: What is happening in the NRM politics? Why is the center falling apart?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a few tips. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The government story is that foreign powers especially the US are interested in regime change in Uganda. According to two senior ministers I have spoken to on confidentiality terms, the US is sponsoring civil society organisations and political parties to cause regime change. The ministers believe that the monies are channeled through the Deepening Democracy program. For starters, this program supports growth of democracy and gives money to any political party but NRM [if the ministers are right] has since rejected the money. The government also believes that some of the vocal party MPs could have been drafted into the donors’ scheme to “sabotage” the ruling party. True or falls, that is not the only reason why the oil debate is causing waves.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The biggest players in the NRM politics have eaten to their fill. In this poor economy, they have the money. They have the connections. But they don’t have the ultimate power—the presidency. Some are yearning to taste it but President Museveni is still obsessed with it. And Museveni is trying to play games with those interested, who, apparently, see that time is running out on them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Because Museveni is not clear on his succession, a number of his colleagues are positioning themselves. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi is largely seen as interested in the presidency. In fact many believe that he is Museveni’s favoured one.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">However, those familiar with Museveni’s methods say he could be using Mbabazi as a trick for him to remain relevant in the party. Museveni is aware that Mbabazi is loathed in his own party. He is also hated by the majority of the citizenry. So by appearing to push Mbabazi, sources say Museveni is causing uneasiness in his party that will ultimately make him a uniting factor deserving of continuity. By the time Mbabazi comes out to seek Presidency, not many would want to touch him even with a long stick. But Mbabazi will have also built a small support base just enough to cause headache to other contenders.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And Mbabazi has gone full blast destroying anyone else he sees as interested in succession. Yet by doing this, he has denied himself the necessary political blocks.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But by playing the old age divide and rule tricks, Museveni; appears to be unaware of modern political dynamics. For instance, because there is no clear succession debate in the party, several contenders have encroached on Museveni’s long time exclusive constituency—the military. For long, Museveni spread a theory that it was no longer tenable for anyone to govern Uganda without military knowledge and support.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For that reason, the current NRM presidential contenders are investing in the military in preparation for their time in the presidency. For instance, Mbabazi is reported to be building his own power base in the army, intelligence and the Police. He was reportedly prompted to this partly by the unfriendly relationship he enjoys with the some bigwigs in the UPDF High Command especially Generals Kahinda Otafiire and David Tinyefunza.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sources say, using huge money, Mbabazi has been able to build rapport with the Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima and Brig. Henry Tumukunde. The other soldiers on his side are Maj. Gen. Silver Kayemba and Maj. Gen. Robert Rusoke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Police Force, Mbabazi is said to be enjoying a working relationship with Francis Rwego and Asan Kasingye.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">While Mbabazi and his lieutenants in the army still play loyal to the Commander-in-Chief, the danger of these silent maneuvers is that Museveni can’t rely on them if the political tide changed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There is too much anxiety and infighting in the army because of the various camps involved. Some officers loyal to Museveni alone reportedly face hard times. Such people include the First son Muhoozi Kainerugaba who commands the elite Special Forces Group. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sources say the Inspector General of Police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura is a loner. His only support is President Museveni. In fact reports suggest that Mbabazi’s camp wants him out of the IGP position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An insider says most times Kayihura, who is aggressive in quelling Opposition activities, is in tears during his private moments.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He reportedly laments that he dedicates himself to serve the NRM but he is fought by the very system he struggles to defend in public. “I have so many enemies in the Opposition but even my own party officials fight me. I wish I had pursued my career in law,” a source quoted Kayihura as having said. Kayihura joined the bush in 1983 soon after his Masters in Law at the London School of Economics.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Apparently, even when we see the Police Chief aggressive against the Opposition, in him, he knows it’s a struggle that earns him no respect from anyone except Museveni.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But the bigger picture is that the cracks in the NRM are wider both in the army and the party. The military risk of these divisions is that in the event that an external force descended on Museveni, he would not count on the army as a strong pillar because of the intrinsic divisions and the education that most soldiers have been exposed to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The old Generals have less than 10 years to be active, therefore; it’s unlikely that the young educated soldiers would love to see Uganda go into ruins just to protect Museveni. These soldiers have degrees, young families, investments and future aspirations. And yes, some would love to become Army Commanders ahead of Muhoozi. So, although the army has been a Museveni political tool, the new order seems to make it increasingly difficult for the thinking army to be manipulated. If one million citizens protested in Kampala, Museveni will be shocked that his soldiers will not engage in a killing festival; that is why the suppression of protests in Kampala is high on the President’s agenda.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On the political front, only danger awaits Museveni in his own party if he does not come clear on his succession. The courage exhibited by the NRM MPs who challenge the party now, is unprecedented. Many of these MPs believe that Museveni is headed to the Robert Mugabe style. But unlike Mugabe who had populist programs for his country, Museveni has little to show to the common man. Secondly, Mugabe in his late 80’s looks fit and healthy yet Museveni’s stamina and health is a subject to whispers. And many see Museveni’s interest in power now as an interest to personally benefit from the oil resources. Many believe he has had enough.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Therefore; the MPs are not just vocal now. There are serious political forces within NRM responsible for the new wave. These forces, formerly close allies of Museveni, now see their man’s stay in power as a danger to himself and all those associated to him. And because Museveni’s ego is so fat that he can’t be told to leave power voluntarily, these forces want political pressure to bear on him. The prevailing economic hardships provide just a perfect opportunity to galvanise the citizens to see the folly of the politicians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Learning from the several interviews I have conducted with senior government officials, if Museveni does not drop his rigidity, we could, before 2016 see a major split in the NRM party. There will be a breakaway faction that will significantly eat into NRM’s numbers in parliament. Out of the more than 250 NRM legislators, dramatic events could lead at least 100 legislators to quit. Once this happens, it will be difficult for NRM to win many seats in the next parliament. I see the NRM defectors coalesce with the Opposition forces to form a Kenya like Rainbow Coalition that kicked out Moi from power. The oil debate is just the first episode in Uganda’s political soap Opera.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-23224248332213821822011-10-13T10:50:00.001-07:002011-10-14T02:09:06.822-07:00Museveni and NRM finally have a big challenge<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Three senior ministers: Sam Kutesa, Foreign Affairs, John Nasasira, Chief Whip and Mwesigwa Rukutana, Labour have<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>taken leave of office to allow investigations against them over abuse of office and causing financial loss, run<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>smoothly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trio was indicted by the Inspector General of Government in relation to the Chogm 2007 expenditure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And on Thursday, the said ministers appeared before the anti-corruption court but were set free on bail after spending hours in court. Relatedly, Mr Kutesa was also accused by parliament for allegedly taking a 17millon Euros bribe from an oil company. The MPs bade for his blood but the powerful Foreign Affairs minister put up a fight saying the documents were a forgery.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Whether forged or not, why is the storm so wild this time? The politics is involved. And yes, big money is at the center. Let us first look at it this way. I have been told by my sources that Kutesa is at the center because a foreign power suspected to be Rwanda is involved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Apparently, sources say, senior journalist Andrew Mwenda was the first to land on these documents tabled before parliament because they were given to him by Rwanda’s Paul Kagame. This theory holds that Kagame is not in good books with Kutesa. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The other news accounts say Mwenda was given these documents by an official associated with Eni, the Italian oil firm that was largely said to have been conned lots of money by Ugandan officials. This theory holds that Eni's interest was to find its way into the oil deals which had been taken by Tullow. It also holds that some Ugandan politicians connived with Eni.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On the Kagame theory, th</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">e reasons are difficult to fathom but it’s said the Kutesa had beaten Rwanda in international politics, marketing Uganda’s image while Kigali’s reputation kept a downward trend especially with the assassination attempts to Rwandan dissidents.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kagame was unhappy with Kutesa particularly because some of the Rwandan dissidents escaped from Rwanda through Kampala to other Capitals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Uganda kept denying that they were facilitating the dissidents to go through Kampala. Rwanda’s suspicion against Uganda intensified when her dissidents were even got with Ugandan passports.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Rwanda reasoned that Uganda must have been facilitating the dissidents. Uganda argued that most of the dissidents had lived in Uganda, therefore; know the terrain better, so they could use that to transit through the country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I hear Kagame was not impressed and suspected the Kutesa might be mean with the truth. Relations between these two countries have been shaky. To make matters worse, Uganda continues to attract important international conferences much to the chagrin of Rwanda.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Suspicion is that Kigali opted to weaken Uganda’s international influence by attacking the mastermind—Kutesa. The documents [forged or not] were reportedly obtained and handed over to Mwenda, a known ally and PR consultant for Kagame.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Some say he was given the papers to do a story in his Independent Magazine to rattle Kutesa and the regime. For yet unknown reasons, Mwenda delivered the papers to both President Museveni and Kutesa.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">An investigation was ordered by Museveni. The team comprised Inspector General of Police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, Commissioner of Police John Ndgugutse and Andrew Mwenda himself. They travelled to Malta, London and Zurich. It’s not clear why Mwenda, a journalist, joined the Police in its investigations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While out, Gen. Kayihura reportedly recorded some bank officials on a pen recorder. The officials said they would not validate any documents. The recording was delivered to Museveni. That was last year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Why is the matter now popping up? Apparently, it was sparked off by a fight between two oil giants: Heritage and Tullow.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Having withdrawn from Uganda and sold their oil wells to Tullow, Heritage reportedly wants a comeback. The firm, according to sources, started a campaign to expose Tullow as having bought its way into Uganda’s Oil by paying hefty sums of money to senior government officials. Indeed, money had exchanged hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the intention of Heritage was to put Tullow in bad light. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They named government officials both politicians and bureaucrats who have reportedly harvested large sums of money from Tullow through kick-backs. Then they also extended a monetary inducement to some MPs to kick up a storm. However, Tullow picks the plan and responds by also supplying some MPs with evidence that Heritage wanted to avoid paying the Capital gains tax. They also helped MPs understand that the agreement to have arbitration between Uganda and Heritage in London was a ploy by Heritage to reap off the country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mind you, this war erupts when the oil licenses for Tullow were expiring. Heritage is reportedly financing the motion that no licences should be renewed until the necessary laws are in place. This motion would serve Heritage interests because then, they can come back and reapply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Tullow is sponsoring the motion that the existing agreements should continue and that the arbitration between Heritage and Uganda should not be done in London. This is to knock out Heritage from the competition.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As this fight rages, President Museveni reportedly opted to open up the oil fields to various players. Museveni, according to sources, nurses the view that in order for him to stay in power without trouble when oil harvesting starts, there was need to give oil deals to firms from different key international players. His instruction to the then Energy minister Hillary Onek was the a Chinese firm CNOOC, Italian firm Eni, Heritage and Tullow which are all British and other French and Indian firms must each be given a share.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This in turn would insulate Museveni against international political pressure to cause governance reforms as these countries would vote for stability that allows them to siphon Uganda’s oil than for internal democratic reforms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But a clash among the firms sparked off commercial maneuvers that saw several government officials sucked in to harvest the readily available bribes. Security officials got involved as well. Now the MPs have become the ready guns available to the oil giants to settle their scores. Most of the MPs have limited knowledge of what goes on in the oil sector except the usual cry from the civil society that the oil deals are made transparent.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But for political convenience [ to be seen by their electorate and settling elections differences] and for the financial inducements, the MPs are acting serious on this subject ignorant of the fact that the war they were fighting was not there war or the Ugandans because the oil will go cheaply anyway.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This has degenerated into a domestic political elbowing among several power centers in the ruling NRM party.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The focus now is on who is powerful than the other. Matters have not been helped by the simmering succession battle pitying the flamboyant and often arrogant Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi against other contenders like the First Lady Janet Muhoozi and Col. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President’s first choice for his successor.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kutesa has no interest in succeeding Museveni but he is known to be close to both Janet and Muhoozi, the latter being his son-in law. Kutesa is a rich man and could be decisive on who succeeds Museveni.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is not going well for Mbabazi. So, the two get a conflict because if indeed Janet or Muhoozi wants to become President, Kutesa would not support Mbabazi.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Other reports show that Mbabazi believes he can succeed Museveni because the President’s plan is to introduce Muhoozi to the succession process gradually. In the meantime, there is need for a stop gap President who would not stand in the way of Muhoozi. This is the opportunity Mbabazi sees as his although others don’t trust in him.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Initially, Museveni was banking of the now disgraced Prof. Gilbert Bukenya but the man’s shrewdness and political mobilization became a problem. To make matters worse, Bukenya began to show interest in having connections with the military which is exclusively Museveni’s constituency. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made Bukenya in the eyes of Museveni as an ambitious man who could not be trusted. The idea was to have a Muganda before Muhoozi steps in thus the choice of the seemingly dull Edward Sekandi.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The calculation is that since the military runs NRM politics, Sekandi has no upper hand there, therefore; it’s assumed that when he is made a one-term President, the military would dictate until Muhoozi finally becomes President.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But because he is readily available to do Museveni’s bidding, Mbabazi believes he is the right successor. His shortcoming though is that he has no votes outside his family members and a few intelligence boys he uses. But Mbabazi has gone on a mission to damage all other contenders.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Because he suspects Kutesa, Nasasira and Rukutana to be Janet’s right hand men, he is reportedly attempting to soil their image before the public. A silent war rages on between Mbabazi and Janet even when they work in the same ministry with the former being the latter's boss at least by presidential political appointment.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Unfortunately, while the trio is rich, Mbabazi could have chosen a wrong rallying point against them. To accuse them of corruption and portraying himself as clean, Mbabazi could have underestimated the fact the public sees the entire NRM set up as a collection of thieves. In fact the public demand now is that Mbabazi should also be in the dock.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">NRM fractured</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This fight has generated a hostile internal political climate within NRM. Many fingers point to Mbabazi as the orchestrator of strife in the party. Now that Kutesa, Nasasira and Rukutana hitherto seen as close allies to the President have set a precedent of stepping aside to allow investigations against them, will Mbabazi tomorrow violate this given that he is married to controversy as well?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">While the Kutesa precedent is good for crusaders of good governance, it’s a big challenge to the NRM and Museveni. Anybody appointed by the President will have to step aside if allegations are brought against them. With intrigue that borders to pettiness rampant in NRM, we are bound to see more dramatic scenarios, the kind of political scenarios that usually end regimes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For now, from being seen as corrupt; Kutesa, Nasasira and Rukutana have become true crusaders and supporters of the fight against corruption in Uganda. No other minister will claim to have loved transparency and good governance than the trio who have voluntarily yielded to pressure and taken leave. They will now have the audacity to ask anyone else to step aside. But the headache remains with Museveni: if you’re perceived close allies have taken leave, why would you not ask the VP or Prime Minister to do the same? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Will party cohesion remain intact? Folks, we could finally see a regime change without a bullet being shot provided that the current infighting does not lead to assassinations and counter assassinations. Anything is possible though. And then the real oil curse will have taken residence in Uganda. Wonders never end anyway.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-53185963454156808062011-10-13T10:41:00.001-07:002011-10-13T10:41:03.524-07:00Museveni and NRM finally have a big challenge<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Three senior ministers: Sam Kutesa, Foreign Affairs, John Nasasira, Chief Whip and Mwesigwa Rukutana, Labour have<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>taken leave of office to allow investigations against them over abuse of office and causing financial loss, run<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>smoothly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trio was indicted by the Inspector General of Government in relation to the Chogm 2007 expenditure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And on Thursday, the said ministers appeared before the anti-corruption court but were set free on bail after spending hours in court. Relatedly, Mr Kutesa was also accused by parliament for allegedly taking a 17millon Euros bribe from an oil company. The MPs bade for his blood but the powerful Foreign Affairs minister put up a fight saying the documents were a forgery.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Whether forged or not, why is the storm so wild this time? The politics is involved. And yes, big money is at the center. Let us first look at it this way. I have been told by my sources that Kutesa is at the center because a foreign power suspected to be Rwanda is involved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Apparently, sources say, senior journalist Andrew Mwenda was the first to land on these documents tabled before parliament because they were given to him by Rwanda’s Paul Kagame. This theory holds that Kagame is not in good books with Kutesa. The reasons are difficult to fathom but it’s said the Kutesa had beaten Rwanda in international politics, marketing Uganda’s image while Kigali’s reputation kept a downward trend especially with the assassination attempts to Rwandan dissidents.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kagame was unhappy with Kutesa particularly because some of the Rwandan dissidents escaped from Rwanda through Kampala to other Capitals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Uganda kept denying that they were facilitating the dissidents to go through Kampala. Rwanda’s suspicion against Uganda intensified when her dissidents were even got with Ugandan passports.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Rwanda reasoned that Uganda must have been facilitating the dissidents. Uganda argued that most of the dissidents had lived in Uganda, therefore; know the terrain better, so they could use that to transit through the country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I hear Kagame was not impressed and suspected the Kutesa might be mean with the truth. Relations between these two countries have been shaky. To make matters worse, Uganda continues to attract important international conferences much to the chagrin of Rwanda.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Suspicion is that Kigali opted to weaken Uganda’s international influence by attacking the mastermind—Kutesa. The documents [forged or not] were reportedly obtained and handed over to Mwenda, a known ally and PR consultant for Kagame.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Some say he was given the papers to do a story in his Independent Magazine to rattle Kutesa and the regime. For yet unknown reasons, Mwenda delivered the papers to both President Museveni and Kutesa.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">An investigation was ordered by Museveni. The team comprised Inspector General of Police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, Commissioner of Police John Ndgugutse and Andrew Mwenda himself. They travelled to Malta, London and Zurich. It’s not clear why Mwenda, a journalist, joined the Police in its investigations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While out, Gen. Kayihura reportedly recorded some bank officials on a pen recorder. The officials said they would not validate any documents. The recording was delivered to Museveni. That was last year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Why is the matter now popping up? Apparently, it was sparked off by a fight between two oil giants: Heritage and Tullow.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Having withdrawn from Uganda and sold their oil wells to Tullow, Heritage reportedly wants a comeback. The firm, according to sources, started a campaign to expose Tullow as having bought its way into Uganda’s Oil by paying hefty sums of money to senior government officials. Indeed, money had exchanged hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the intention of Heritage was to put Tullow in bad light. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They named government officials both politicians and bureaucrats who have reportedly harvested large sums of money from Tullow through kick-backs. Then they also extended a monetary inducement to some MPs to kick up a storm. However, Tullow picks the plan and responds by also supplying some MPs with evidence that Heritage wanted to avoid paying the Capital gains tax. They also helped MPs understand that the agreement to have arbitration between Uganda and Heritage in London was a ploy by Heritage to reap off the country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mind you, this war erupts when the oil licenses for Tullow were expiring. Heritage is reportedly financing the motion that no licences should be renewed until the necessary laws are in place. This motion would serve Heritage interests because then, they can come back and reapply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Tullow is sponsoring the motion that the existing agreements should continue and that the arbitration between Heritage and Uganda should not be done in London. This is to knock out Heritage from the competition.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As this fight rages, President Museveni reportedly opted to open up the oil fields to various players. Museveni, according to sources, nurses the view that in order for him to stay in power without trouble when oil harvesting starts, there was need to give oil deals to firms from different key international players. His instruction to the then Energy minister Hillary Onek was the a Chinese firm CNOOC, Italian firm Eni, Heritage and Tullow which are all British and other French and Indian firms must each be given a share.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This in turn would insulate Museveni against international political pressure to cause governance reforms as these countries would vote for stability that allows them to siphon Uganda’s oil than for internal democratic reforms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But a clash among the firms sparked off commercial maneuvers that saw several government officials sucked in to harvest the readily available bribes. Security officials got involved as well. Now the MPs have become the ready guns available to the oil giants to settle their scores. Most of the MPs have limited knowledge of what goes on in the oil sector except the usual cry from the civil society that the oil deals are made transparent.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But for political convenience [ to be seen by their electorate and settling elections differences] and for the financial inducements, the MPs are acting serious on this subject ignorant of the fact that the war they were fighting was not there war or the Ugandans because the oil will go cheaply anyway.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This has degenerated into a domestic political elbowing among several power centers in the ruling NRM party.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The focus now is on who is powerful than the other. Matters have not been helped by the simmering succession battle pitying the flamboyant and often arrogant Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi against other contenders like the First Lady Janet Muhoozi and Col. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President’s first choice for his successor.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kutesa has no interest in succeeding Museveni but he is known to be close to both Janet and Muhoozi, the latter being his son-in law. Kutesa is a rich man and could be decisive on who succeeds Museveni.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is not going well for Mbabazi. So, the two get a conflict because if indeed Janet or Muhoozi wants to become President, Kutesa would not support Mbabazi.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Other reports show that Mbabazi believes he can succeed MUseveni because the President’s plan is to introduce Muhoozi to the succession process gradually. In the meantime, there is need for a stop gap President who would not stand in the way of Muhoozi. This is the opportunity Mbabazi sees as his although others don’t trust in him.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Initially, Museveni was banking of the now disgraced Prof. Gilbert Bukenya but the man’s shrewdness and political mobilization became a problem. To make matters worse, Bukenya began to show interest in having connections with the military which is exclusively Museveni’s constituency. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made Bukenya in the eyes of Museveni as an ambitious man who could not be trusted. The idea was to have a Muganda before Muhoozi steps in thus the choice of the seemingly dull Edward Sekandi.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The calculation is that since the military runs NRM politics, Sekandi has no upper hand there, therefore; it’s assumed that when he is made a one-term President, the military would dictate until Muhoozi finally becomes President.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But because he is readily available to do Museveni’s bidding, Mbabazi believes he is the right successor. His shortcoming though is that he has no votes outside his family members and a few intelligence boys he uses. But Mbabazi has gone on a mission to damage all other contenders.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Because he suspects Kutesa, Nasasira and Rukutana to be Janet’s right hand men, he is reportedly attempting to soil their image before the public.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Unfortunately, while the trio is rich, Mbabazi could have chosen a wrong rallying point against the trio. To accuse them of corruption and portraying himself as clean, Mbabazi could have underestimated the fact the public sees the entire NRM set up as a collection of thieves. In fact the public demand now is that Mbabazi should be in the dock.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">NRM fractured</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This fight has generated a hostile internal political climate within NRM. Many fingers point to Mbabazi as the orchestrator of strife in the party. Now that Kutesa, Nasasira and Rukutana hitherto seen as close allies to the President have set a precedent of stepping aside to allow investigations against them, will Mbabazi tomorrow violate this given that he is married to controversy as well?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">While the Kutesa precedent is good for crusaders of good governance, it’s a big challenge to the NRM and Museveni. Anybody appointed by the President will have to step aside if allegations are brought against them. With intrigue that borders to pettiness rampant in NRM, we are bound to see more dramatic scenarios, the kind of political scenarios that usually end regimes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For now, from being seen as corrupt; Kutesa, Nasasira and Rukutana have become true crusaders and supporters of the fight against corruption in Uganda. No other minister will claim to have loved transparency and good governance than the trio who have voluntarily yielded to pressure and taken leave. They will now have the audacity to ask anyone else to step aside. But the headache remains with MUseveni: if you’re perceived close allies have taken leave, why would you not ask the VP or Prime Minister to do the same? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Will party cohesion remain intact? Folks, we could finally a regime change without a bullet being shot provided that the current infighting does not lead to assassinations and counter assassinations. Anything is possible. And then the real oil curse will have taken residence in Uganda.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-11526382091007602152011-10-06T08:22:00.000-07:002011-10-06T08:22:56.052-07:00Why the IGG is rattling Kutesa and Nasasira: Dont be carried away<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The buzz is on. The IGG has summoned Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa, Chief Whip John Nasasira and Labour minister Rukutana Mwesigwa to answer charges of abuse of office and causing financial loss to the government.The D-day is October 13.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And now the speculation is on high. Is it President Museveni now cracking down on corruption?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Is it the succession struggle in NRM now becoming manifest? Is it about getting some big people from the West especially those close to Museveni to be charged so that the incarceration of the former naive or sometimes excitable VIce President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya does not raise suspicion?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Or is the IGG Raphael Baku is now truly doing a job for country?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">First, I doubt that its about Museveni cracking hard on corruption as some of his lieutenants would like us to believe.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here is why. For Museveni to tackle corruption, he does not need a head-on approach with the suspects because if he did so, the buck will end up with him. And he knows it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It cant be that Kutesa, Nasasira, Gen. Otafiire, Rukutana, Jim Muhwezi etc are corrupt but the President is clean.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">All Museveni or anyone who cares about fighting corruption needs to do is to realise how the vice has permeated through all layers of our country and that the corrupt are not just thieves but they are equally powerful and able to cause political consequences to anyone who dares tackle it anyhow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The best would be to declare an amnesty to all the corrupt and then start on a clean slate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This would also insulate the President who is rumoured to own hotels and other property here and abroad.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">On the question of NRM succession, it possible that the charging of Kutesa and Nasasira could be linked. First, the flamboyant Prime MInister Amama Mbabazi is the usual suspect because the country has come to take note of his possesion of huge appetite for power. He is seen as a guy who masquarades as a statesman during day but enters dubious deals at night.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And of course, the real bush war heroes have a low regard of the PM partly because of the way he carrries himself [he is a vindictive fellow] and also because of his strong attachment to hypocrisy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It is said that Mbabazi has been trying to smear anyone in NRM whom he perceives as a potential threat to his interest in the Presidency. In that regard, the charging of Kutesa and Nasasira [ they are known Museveni loyalists, rich and silent political mobilisers] could be linked to it. The two, more than Mbabazi, are capable of determining the political direction of this country especially through NRM politics. Sometimes, Mbabazi is said to have even tried to plant negative stories in the media about Salim Saleh and Col. Muhoozi Kainerugaba. For starters, Mbabazi has a well developed and paid network of journalists and media managers who do his bidding.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To make matters worse, Mbabazi seems to have his way because President Museveni is increasingly tired [ he doesnt admit though] of running the state, therefore; either by commission or ommission, he has trusted Mbabazi to influence the running of state matters. Its this leeway that the PM is reportedly using to build his personal influence even at the expense of the big man. Mbabazi is good at work and its this spirit that Museveni adores in him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">However, away from Mbabazi a conspiracy theory is that Kutesa and Nasasira were charged because Buganda was getting jittery over Bukenya. But unless Mbabazi is that naive, he would not celebrate seeing the duo in the dock over Chogm yet he was a culprit. The duo was exonerated with him, so why would he then want them tried on a different filmsy charge? </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Well, Nigerians say in their movies that: Wonders never end. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>Baku the man</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It's increasingly plausible that Kutesa and Nasasira are victims of the IGG Rapheal Baku's personal scheme. He is faulted over selective prosecution by leaving out Mbabazi whom he once served as an aide. Many now believe Baku is Mbabazi's attack dog athough those who have had a chance to hear him lament, say the IGG is angered by this connection to Mbabazi. They say the man laments that when he served Mbabazi, he was often mistreated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So why is he eager to prosecute Kutesa, Nasasira and Rukutana? Some accounts say that Baku is foreseeing unemployement. He is leading the inspectorate of government in an adhoc capacity since the sometimes "possesed" Justice Faith Mwondha was kick-out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Baku's anticipation was that he would be elevated as the boss since afterall, he is Mbabazi's man. However, its now nearly three years and Baku is only acting IGG.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Apparently, President Museveni was hesitant to confirm Baku after he received several reports on how the man runs the institution. About two month ago, a dossier was sent to Museveni detailing how Baku was suffocating investigations and how the man was running the inspectorate like a starved hyena. Matters were not helped by the fact that Baku takes executive decisions alone since non deputises him. All the deals end up in his office.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Baku became so petty. Intrique defines the institution. Sources say two senior officers in the IGG started lobbying to take over from Baku who, clearly, is no better administrator.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Some of these officers who include among others James Penywii [ head of operations and David Makumbi [director Ombusdman affairs] were reportedly being seen as potential successors to Baku having risen from within the ranks unlike Baku was deposited there as a political reward.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But Baku is no fool. Sources say having seen that his chances of retaining the office were diminishing, he went for plan B: To make it hard for Museveni not to confirm him as the substantive IGG.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The only way was by extending the corruption fight to his door step. Kutesa is a brother-in-law to Museveni and Nasasira, and Rukutana are too close to the First Family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Aware that the public is angry with the First Family over money-related issues, Baku could have gotten a perferct trick; show the public and donors that he can take on even the mighty.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So when Museveni is presented with an issue of appointing a substantive IGG, it would be politically difficult to ignore Baku. The man from West NIle will have defeated internal office troubles [ job insecurity] by using Kutesa, Nasasira and Rukutana who are known to be Museveni's close allies and strategists.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Museveni will have to summon his bush war mentality to sack Baku when the man is prosecuting those close to him. And the usually gullible Ugandan public and the sometimes cagy donor community would wonder why Museveni sacks Baku when the man is "seriously fighting corruption." That is called getting job secutity by hook or crook.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Baku had been under pressure from the donor community and the local civil society activists who wanted to see evidence of the fight against corruption by the Inspectorate but his loyalty was with the regime. Its only after seeing that the regime was likely to ignore him like many others, that Baku chose to lean on the new world order of accountability and transparency championed by the donors and civil society.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Its just increasing getting difficult to do naughty things and go away with it as it was in the past. But at least, Mr Baku will have managed to be naughty and get applause for it, if finally Museveni confirms him or the donors land him an international job after he is sacked.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Its no party yet for him because trying Kutesa and Nasasira while leaving out Mbabazi could be the final nail on his wooden coffin. The public will then want to see him put the Prime Minister in the dock as well. We will also want to see him prosecute the First Lady Janet Museveni for her alleged role in the Gavi Funds. Now you can see where this Baku man is headed. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But we just can never know.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-90481973113867799282011-08-19T03:03:00.000-07:002011-08-19T03:03:56.697-07:00How the greed of the few visited suffering on the Shilling<br />
The Uganda shilling is the worst performing currency in the world. That is no longer news. The economic turbulance is hitting Ugandans hard. Most families especially in rural areas, hardly touch money. The urbanites that have been pretending things are OK, are now begining to see the real economonic mismanagement and its consequences. The corporates that were blinded by their salaries and benefits like health insurable cover, free airtime etc are now noticing that without food and with high fuel costs, a real problem is within the vicinity.<br />
The lifestyles are being negatively affected. Job uncertainity is on the rise especially as the dollar becomes expensive. But even all that is not news.<br />
The news is that the shilling is partly being weakened by the petty greed of a few privilledged chaps in government and business world.<br />
This is their trick. When the US and other European powers tightened on money laundering, our chaps went to plan. They had been siphoning stolen money out of Uganda to European capitals with ease. But with the stringent measures in place, that became risky.<br />
Instead, they became international business gurus mainly re-exporting imported goods. By so doing, they managed to open business and personal accounts in several countries in the region. But when money is deposited into those accounts, its never withdrawn and injected into our economy.<br />
Goods are re-exported not for mere profit motive but to enable them stash away money. These callous Ugandans now own fat bank accounts in countries like South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania without anyone raising suspicion because they have masqaraded as investors in those countries.<br />
Those accounts are of course in dollars.<br />
This explains why the Uganda shilling is the weakest in the region, infact, even in economies that are poorer than Uganda like Burundi, Somalia and South Sudan. By UPDF soldiers being in Somalia, Uganda is earning but its unbelievable that the Somali shilling is stronger than the Uganda shilling.<br />
The reason is that those economies host Ugandan money. In other words, the Ugandan economic hit men are aiding other economies in the region by fishing out dollars.<br />
Secondly, the practice in Uganda is the dollars are cashed over the counter. Several of these hitmen draw thousands of dollars in cash, stash them in their socks, pockets and bags then take it away to the neighbouring countries. They are trying to avoid the bank transfers because the US will take note.<br />
But the way dollars are withdrawn at Orient Bank and others, only makes one to wish Uganda had caring leaders.<br />
Sources say the dollar flight is provoked by the fear that is taking over the hit men. They have made quick bucks but the majority of the citizens are in dire need. Social services have collapsed. They are not sure whether keeping their money in Uganda is safe. The sneaking away of money is an attempt to find a safety net in other countries.<br />
So, while we can talk about poor balance of payment affected our economy, it could also help if the greed and selfishness of the priviledged few is checked. They are surely suffering from inadequacy of integrity and humility. Can someone out there tell them to return the money into our banks? If not, let a serious government simply welcome any amount of dollars into the economy but tighten its removal out of the economy.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-2062575427205270112011-08-17T09:25:00.000-07:002011-08-19T08:02:56.051-07:00New Mabira forest debate shows panic in Museveni, Saleh eyes timber<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mabira forest is back to the headlines. President Museveni has ressurrected the plan he had in 2006 to give part of the forest to Mr Mahendra. N. Mehta, the sugar baron based in Lugazi.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">When the plan first became public, it elicited furious response from the public. The riots that followed, claimed some lives including that of an Indian.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The matter then went silent. Why is it back?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">President Museveni is in panic. Sure? Yes. Why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyone who has cared to study President Museveni, will agree that he is an illustrious coward who works hard to conceal his fears.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">His behaviour is more or less like Chinua Achebe's character called Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Okonkwo was born to a lazy and poor father named Unoka. His father's failures inspired Okonkwo to try things his own way and be different. And indeed, at a young age, Okonkwo made some achievements and positioned himself in society. He made some wealth. He was a good and courageous wrestler. To demonstrate his courage, he even went against the advice of his community and killed a young boy [Ikemefuna] who had grown up calling him father.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mr Okonkwo understood the folly of killing Ikemefuna but deep in him, he did not want to be seen as a coward.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">But beneath Okonkwo's courage, was a hidden sense of fear---the fear of failure. At the end of course, Okonkwo ended up like his father--, poor, dead and buried under embarrassing circumstances. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">That is more like Museveni in this Mabira issue. Mr Museveni has elevated himself as the only man with a vision in the country.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">His interest is to industrialise the country not because he cares about the welfare of ordinary people, but because he wants his name in Uganda's history as a man who performed wonders.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">He has preached properity for all in vain. The guy has tried since 1986 but poverty and hopelessness still define the country under his rule. When preaching prosperity, Museveni has been watching those close to him loot without shame. In this Mabira saga, reports suggest that actually while Mehta wants to expand cane growing, Gen. Salim Saleh, the younger brother of Museveni is eying the timber. Salim Saleh ahs apparently "won" a tender to supply electricity polls to electricity distribution company under the rural electrification program. As of now, Saleh is busy cutting forests in West Nile for timber. These guys smell money and can do anything to get it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">And for Museveni, he has also made a personal fortune since he became President--owns a ranch in Kisozi, a palatial home in Rwakitura. Rumours abound that he has interests in several hotels around and abroad. His family members are stinking rich without clear jobs unless children of Presidents are paid salary for being children.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">With enormous wealth at their disposal and age not favouring him anymore, Mr Museveni is in a personal crisis on what will befall his empire if many Ugandans continued to live in abject poverty forced on them by the corrupt few.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">For this reason, he is trying to see wealth is spread hence his pet subject of industrialisation. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">To industrialise, Museveni has been forced to dance to the tune of anyone who masqauarades as an investor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">This has most times attracted to him conmen. And when some seemingly serious investors like Mehta give a proposal however stupid it can be, Museveni is usually the first to buy into it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">These investors have over time learnt the trick. They extend some financial help to Museveni's re-election efforts and in return seek favours. In fact, in this particular case, talk is that Mehta needs his pound of the flesh. He scratched Museveni's back during 2006 campaigns and he nows wants his turn.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">But the force in Museveni's tone is mainly dictated by the fear deep in him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Its not that he is unaware of the value of mabira forest. Museveni sees a much bigger problem to his ego and family wealth--the problem of poverty to many Ugandans yet a few are priviledged. To him, it could translate into real anger by Ugandans against him. Moreover, many Ugandan educated class are increasingly getting tired of walking the streets looking for nonexistent jobs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">This army of jobless graduates are a threat to his plans to enjoy what he has amassed. It is now clear that people are in dire need; no functioning transport system, dilapidated hospitals, demeaned education etc yet in all these, a few people get unexplainable wealth overnight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">But in trying to wriggle out of the dilemma, Museveni instead unveils new trouble unto himself as is the case with Mabira.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">In fact, those close to him say the man is increasingly becoming miscoordinated. One day he will say Uganda will industrialise when the country gets enough energy supply. To get enough energy supply requires more dams on River Nile which gets its water from Lake Victoria which also benefits from Mabira forest.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">By cutting Mabira, Museveni is saying sugarcane is now more important than hydro electricity which the same sugar factory will need. He doesnt believe it but he is in a fix. Because he is in a fix and his ego is super inflated, Museveni reacts with an aura of a man unwilling to admit failure. He now sees anyone with an alternative view as a traitor however good the idea is.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The solution is to either let him cut the whole forest and accelerate his departure from power or those whom he listens to should pamper his ego and tell him he is still a demi-god even if Mabira forest remains intact. Otherwise, Museveni is a leader who has run out of options but is trying to maintain relevance by provoking his opponents to complain then he finds reason to crush them with military might.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">It could also be important to point out to Mehta that if he cares about the future of their business, they should listen to the majority voice or they are forced to replant the forest when Museveni leaves power. Because of Museveni's domineering style, some investors have been duped into behaving like Uganda will end with Museveni. Someone needs to tell them that different governments run business differently, therefore; only businesses which stay away from political controversy, last longer than the regimes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Otherwise the Mabira saga is a case of Museveni being trapped by his own sins and looking for a way out but unwilling to listen to the counsel of others. There can only be one sure end--failure. And when a coward fails, he drags many more along.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-65828352969675499662011-08-02T10:07:00.000-07:002011-08-02T10:07:26.497-07:00Prof. Baryamureeba could have escaped being raped<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I have never encountered a salacious story that instead of wetting the appetite of readers sends them into shock. Such is the Prof. Venacious Baryamureeba <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rape story that has been in the news for the past one week. Why it took that long in the news pages despite its glaring loopholes baffles me even more. But again, nothing baffles in Uganda anymore.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When the story broke, my first instinct was to see Prof. Barya [ as he is fondly called by his peers] and direct my verbal artillery—the only one I own—at him calling him a disgrace to the academic world leave<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>alone the mighty Makerere University.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But when I recollected my investigative instinct, I opted to watch the coverage of the story by our mighty media houses which are sometimes worse than the NRM party in decision making. Let me not dwell on the media lest I find myself jobless for freedom of expression of thought and opinion, these days, is only stated not practiced; someone bigger [ read in big position] <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>than you must first be happy with what you say.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was wrong to first of all imagine that Prof. Barya had disgraced Makerere University. Makerere has disgraced itself enough. In fact the absence of scandals makes Makerere University’s learned people uncomfortable that they must always think of how to create some salacious news just for the institution to be in the news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously though, it’s a sign of collapse of this country called Uganda. The jungle law which was presumed to be a preserve of the primitive political class is what reigns even in academic institutions like Makerere. It’s the law in the so called corporate world. Sex, intrigue, malice and fitina [jealousy] defines life in the corporate world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">At Makerere, Prof. Barya could have underestimated the power of intellectuals who have suffered the economic fantasies. He could have underestimated the power of people who have failed to attain self-actualization. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He should have learnt that you can manage one jealous person but when they are in numbers, their power is enormous.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So, when he sauntered into such an institution as young man in his early forties, Prof. Barya appears to have forgotten than envy is only human and that one of the most important things a leader must prepare to deal with is human envy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One day, Barya is in a Mercedes benz. Another, he is in a Land cruiser. Most evenings he is either in Serena or Sheraton. By the way, not on Makerere University cost but personal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The young man had achieved a lot in a short time. A lot without theft! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is what I admire about it. But his colleagues are battered by daily city nightmares. It’s only human that some of them have to become envious. The sad commentary is that the envious group has abdicated their responsibility to keep Makerere as a centre of knowledge.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">They have turned the Ivory Tower into any other institution in Uganda where there are no rules of the game. Shame! Shame! Pettiness!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So, one mid-morning last week, I enter into an office of a senior bureaucrat. I find there a Makerere University Don. The guy does not recognize who I am. The owner of the office does not alert him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hear the lecturer roar: “You people should support us to get him out of Makerere. He is the image of the university because he is Vice chancellor.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I am going to ask the alumni and other people to start writing in newspapers that the he should leave office as investigations continue.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“ I will try to convince some members of Muasa to demand that we discuss it in our meeting tomorrow.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Then the owner of the office finally breaks the news. “Mr…. let us talk later. We shall try to see how NIC pays the lecturers their money.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The lecturer retorts: “That is Ok sir but I beg your support to get this man out; he is a disgrace.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ok<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>...Ok... let me attend to the journalist,” said the officer. “Eh! I hope this man does not misrepresent us; these journalists are unethical these days,” the lecturer said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Clearly, if a senior lecturer at Makerere University where we at least expect fairness or at least a pretense of it, campaigns to throw out his colleagues without even allowing due process, what do we still expect in this country?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s a pity that Makerere University is no longer a place for academic freedom. It’s no longer a factory of knowledge neither is it national pride. It’s a place for chasing personal interests. Several Masters and PhD students are made to suffer to graduate just because a lecturer feels unhappy that someone else is trying to become better. Many people are by the way scared of doing further studies in this institution because of the uncertainty of completing studies without someone witch-hunting you on purely personal grounds.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The real point I learnt from the Prof. Barya rape story is that the young successful academic was supposed to be raped by political forces in Makerere but he escaped the rape after his would be rapists chose Tracy Ninsiima to orchestrate the rape. I also learnt that Uganda is headed to more trying times because a culture of persecuting economically successful people is now entrenched.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Because Barya is in acting capacity, someone must bring him down. Because you can’t use performance as a reason; you must concoct a rape case! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Of course Prof. Barya is free fellow who reportedly loves to vibe a beautiful girl. Most men with money do. But to say he raped Ninsiima means that this lady is financially superior that she needs nothing from the Professor. But I am told she begs lifts. Without demeaning women, where does Ninsiima get the power to ignore the sexual advances of a young rich Professor? Knowing our Kampala women today, they can fall over each other just to shake such a man’s hand.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And to be used as a pawn in a Makerere University game makes Ninsiima’s a burden unto herself. I was shocked to read her saying: “I will bring him down.” She didn’t say she needed justice to be done. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Bringing down Barya, a man who rose from nonentity into a global entity on merit gives me sleepless nights. How many young men can toil as orphans today and rise into becoming Professors? In the days when Uganda was a meritocracy, that was possible. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the days of UPE and patronage, that is a distant dream. If only to stay as a symbol of personal struggle, I would ask Barya’s rapists to leave the young man alone. He has beaten the odds in society to become what he is. One randy woman should not be used to undermine this story of humble beginnings. And let us all not get consumed by envy. 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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">It is now official; the IGG Raphael Baku has exonorated Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi and his sister in-law Hope Mwesigye of any financial indescency during Chogm preparations. In fact, there is no news at all in the new report because that was expected. If Baku had pinned Mbabazi and Mwesigye then one would have thought he has gone crazy. Baku is what he is because of Mbabazi, having risen from being the PM's bag boy during Mbabazi's ESO days to becoming the IGG.</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Of course the public knows who Mbabazi is and who Hope Mwesigye is. Sincerely, can Baku show us where the flowers planted by Mwesigye in the city are? Is there anything beautiful in Kampala today apart from the Warid Clock Tower on Jinja Road Round About? </span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Can Baku convince us that only the ex- Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya is the high profile Chogm culprit?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Why is Baku so quick to spoil Motorcare as the only firm that benefitted from Chogm even when it was evident Motorcare saved government billions of shillings buy hiring the cars instead of buying?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Its called persecution of some and protection of others. I have always said whoever is pushing for Chogm accountability must be nursing vendetta against some individuals because the whole thing was a state banquet. Why single out some eaters and leave out others?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">A part from opening up Uganda to the outside world, Chogm was as good as a state dinner.</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">If Mbabazi and Mwesigye never ate too much, then how much should they have eaten? </span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Anyway, read the full IGG report below: </span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">REPORT ON ALLEGED MISMANAGEMENT OF THE CONTRACT FOR CHOGM DECORATIONS – TS.126.2010</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1.0<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Background</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list .25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Uganda hosted the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(CHOGM) 2007 in Kampala. The opening ceremony was at Serena <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>International Conference Centre, and the retreat was held at <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort from 23<sup>rd</sup> – 25<sup>th</sup> November 2007. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list .25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>On completion of the CHOGM activities, the Auditor General was <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>requested to undertake a financial and value for money audit on all <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>CHOGM expenditures. According to the Auditor General’s Special <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Audit report dated April <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2008, <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>the procurement process for Venues <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>decorations for CHOGM <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2007 by the <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>service provider had not yet <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>been initiated at the commencement of decorations. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list .25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The report also noted that, the consortium of decorators undertook the <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>work without any contract or agreement with the Ministry. They have <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>since presented a bill of Shs. 617,652,120. The report on the findings <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>of the Auditor General was submitted to the Parliamentary Public <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Accounts Committee (PAC).</span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: l8 level2 lfo13; tab-stops: list .25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.4<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>PAC studied the report and in their report dated May 2010, PAC <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>attributed the irregularity in the procurement process to Hon. Hope <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mwesigye, then State Minister for Local Government and Hon. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Amama Mbabazi, Minister of Security and recommended that;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">3.1<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>To establish whether the procurement procedures were not followed, and if so who was responsible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">3.2<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>To find out whether there was influence peddling by Hon. Amama Mbabazi and Hon. Hope Mwesigye during the process of procurement of decorators.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l13 level2 lfo10; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">To establish whether there was any <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">financial loss, abuse of office or other offences committed. If so by who?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">4.0<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Scope</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">This investigation was limited to decoration of CHOGM 2007 venues.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.0<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Evidence and documents retrieved</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The following documents were retrieved, critically studied and examined.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Report of the National Task Force of CHOGM 2007 dated March 2008.</span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">C<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">opy of the Special Audit Report on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Expenditure dated April 2008 was retrieved and examined.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Copy of the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Special Audit report of the Auditor General on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007 dated 11/05/2010 was retrieved and examined.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.4<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Minutes of the Cabinet sub-committee on CHOGM were retrieved and studied.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Loose minutes and Internal Memos between Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Contracts Committee, Chair Contracts Committee, Venue Coordinator, Solicitor General, and Executive Director PPDA were retrieved and studied.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.6<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Minutes of the Venue Sub Committee were retrieved and studied.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.7<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Communication from Hon. Amama Mbabazi, Minister of Security was retrieved and examined.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.8<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Statements and responses were obtained from the following persons;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(i)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hon. Amama Mbabazi, Minister in charge of Security,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(ii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hon. Hope Mwesigwe, Currently Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mrs. Hilda Musubira, Executive Director, CHOGM Secretariat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iv)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Amb. James Mugume, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(v)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Amb.Rhoda Kaisho Sinani Chair Person Venue Committee of CHOGM 2007,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(vi)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Fred Tushabe, Venue Coordinator CHOGM 2007</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(vii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Charles Muwenu, Director Finishing Touches</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(viii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Sanjiv Patel, Director Tomil Fire works</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(ix)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ms. Sarah Nakamya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.9<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Bank statements and Registration Certificates for Finishing Touches were retrieved and examined.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.10<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Report of work done was obtained from Civil Aviation Authority for examination.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.11<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ms. Amal Caroline Osende’s letter dated 7/12/2007 concerning decorations at Hotel African was retrieved and examined.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.0<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Findings</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Introduction</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">6.1<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.</b>1<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></b>Cabinet, during its meeting of 16<sup>th</sup> June 2004 approved the <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>organizational framework for hosting the CHOGM 2007, which <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>included a Cabinet Sub- Committee and the National Task Force. The <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>latter coordinated and implemented all planned activities, while the <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>former provided the political framework through which the latter was <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>supervised and guided. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">6.1.2 The Cabinet Sub-Committee began its preparatory meetings on 6<sup>th</sup> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>September 2004, under the Chairmanship of H.E. Prof. Gilbert B. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Bukenya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">6.1.3 The National Task Force (NTF) was constituted under the <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Chairmanship of Mr. John Mitala, Head of Public Service, and <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Secretary to Cabinet. The NTF created several sub-committees <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>working directly under it. The Venues Sub-Committee in the <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ministry of Foreign Affairs was charged with the responsibility of <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>preparing CHOGM 2007 venues, which included decoration.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">6.1.4 The Venue Sub Committee comprised of three members with Amb. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rhoda Kaisho Sinani, the Chairperson, Mr. Fred Tushabe, venue <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Coordinator, and Ms. Sarah Nakamya, a Member. The Sub-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Committee was responsible for ensuring that the following venues <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>were <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>decorated.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(i)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Serena Conference Centre – Opening ceremony</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(ii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Golf Course Hotel – First Ladies Lunch</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Imperial Botanical Hotel – Youth Forum</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iv)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Hotel Africana – Peoples Conference</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(v)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Entebbe International Airport - Old and Standard Terminal</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">6.2<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Whether the procurement procedures were followed, and if not who was responsible.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The issue of decorating some venues of CHOGM came up in the Cabinet Sub-Committee held on 25/07/2007 chaired by H.E the President at State House Nakasero. This idea came up under beautification where the meeting was informed that funds would be required for the decoration of some venues with flags, banners etc. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Copy of the minute dated 25/07/2007 is attached as annex(i)).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">This resulted into need to have budget for the venues decorations for CHOGM 2007. On 31/07/2007 Mr. Keith Muhakanizi, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury presented CHOGM 2007 budgets – FY 2007/8. In his submission venue decorations was allocated shs. 881,370,696 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(copy of the budget allocation is attached as annex (ii))</i>.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Mr. Fred Tushabe, Venues Coordinator informed the Cabinet Sub Committee in the 22<sup>nd</sup> meeting held on 04/10/2007 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wapakhabulo Auditorium that, a consortium of decorators had been formed and the procurement process for the consortium was under way. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">(Copy of the 04/10/2007 Cabinet Sub Committee minutes is attached as annex (iii)).</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.4<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">According to Mr. Fred Tushabe, Venue Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, consortium of decorators was chosen by the venue sub committee because no single company in the country would efficiently measure up to the task of decorating CHOGM venues in isolation. Hence need to bring together several companies in decoration industry to pool together their expertise to handle the task</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">After Cabinet Sub-Committee on CHOGM had been informed of the formation of decorators as a consortium to carry out decoration of venues for CHOGM 2007, a meeting was held on 19/10/2007 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between decorators and venue sub committee. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Sarah Nakamya, Assistant Coordinator venues sub committee.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.6<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">According to Ms. Sarah Nakamya, she was directed by Mr. Fred Tushabe, Venues Coordinator to meet and chair this first meeting held in Kidepo Committee Room at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). The meeting was attended by;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(i)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ms. Sarah Nakamya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Chairperson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(ii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ms. Byarugaba Adriko, Director, Hones & Grades</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ms. Jaki Byaruhanga, Director Exciting Options</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iv)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ms. Nakimera Lubega, Exciting Options</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(v)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ms. Mbabaali Victoria, Director, faith’s Petals and stems</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(vi)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ms. Mbabaali Juliet, Faith Petals and stems</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(vii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ms. Marion Etaing Busingye, Director, Fantasia</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.7<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The Chairperson (Ms. Sarah Nakamya) informed the decorators that the meeting had been convened to deal with the procurement of the consortium of decorators for the CHOGM 2007 venues. The Meeting agreed to form a joint partnership that would be used to sign a contract.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.8<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">She also informed the decorators that the coordination of the activities of the decorators was a mandate of the venues sub-committee and informed them that, they will be joined by other artists like Gen. Tumwine, the production company (Mr. Peter Kagwa), the decoration consultant (Symbion) among others.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.9<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">This first meeting of 19/10/2007 with decorators was only attended by Ms. Sarah Nakamya from the venue sub committee of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amb. Rhoda Kaisho Sinani the Chairperson, Mr. Fred Tushabe the venue Coordinator were recorded absent with apology. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Refer to Annex (iv) for a copy of the minutes of the 19/10/2007 meeting).</b></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.10<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Ms. Sarah Nakamya was asked to explain who took the decision to procure the consortium, she stated that, she did not know when it was formed. That she however, remembered that the idea of a consortium had been mentioned in various meeting. She did not remember the exact meeting in which it was mentioned. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Her record of interview dated 29/04/2011 is attached as annex (v)).</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.11<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By 19/01/2007 when the 1st meeting with decorators took place, no concepts and themes of decorations had been made or produced. As a result several meeting were organized to come up with the themes and concepts of how the venues should be decorated.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.12<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On 23<sup>rd</sup> October 2007 another meeting with the decorators was held at the Ministry of Local Government. This meeting was chaired by Hon. Hope Mwesigye, the then Minister of state for Local Government and attended by members of the Venues Sub Committee. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.13<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The purpose of the meeting was to bring the decorators together to be able to collectively conceptualize the ideas they had for decorating each venue. A further meeting was agreed to be held in which decorators would provide relevant documents to enable venues sub committee start on the procurement process of the decorations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.14<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The meeting concluded that Chairperson Venue’s sub-committee should help in the smoothening of the procurement process given the time constraint. The decorators also requested to visit the various venues that were to be decorated on 24<sup>th</sup> and 25<sup>th</sup> of October, 2007 so as to familiarize themselves with the task. Subsequently, the team of decorators visited the respective sites that were to be decorated. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Annex (vi) refers for the detailed minutes).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.15<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On 26/10/2007, another meeting of venues sub-committee and decorators was held at the Ministry of Local Government. This meeting was also chaired by Hon. Hope Mwesigye. In the meeting Hon. Hope Mwesigye informed members that, the First Lady Mrs. Janet Museveni had called for decorators meeting to be held at 3.00pm same day 26/10/2007 at State House Nakasero. The members were therefore advised to harmonize their position before presenting them to the First Lady.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.16<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In harmonizing their positions, decorators first agreed to have Ms. Faiths Petals and stems as the company that would be used for this procurement. This position was found not possible because Ms. Faiths Petals and stems lacked proper documents. The Decorators then selected M/s. Finishing Touches to be the company with whom they would sign a Memorandum of Understanding in order to under take the decoration of CHOGM venues.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> (Annex (vii) refers for the detailed minutes).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.17<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was in this meeting that Hon. Hope Mwesigye introduced 2 (two) experts in beautification from Malaysia who were in the country under bilateral technical cooperation to help decorators improve the concepts in order to beautify Kampala during CHOGM.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.18<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The decorators presented in the meeting held at State House that afternoon 26/10/2007 their harmonized position and concepts on the decorations of CHOGM venues. The meeting was chaired by the First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni and discussed the themes and concepts on how the venues would be decorated. There were no minutes taken to reflect what was discussed in that meeting at State House.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.19<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These meetings were held to discuss how venues should be decorated. The responsibility of procuring the venue decorators was the work of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Venues Sub Committee as stipulated in the minutes of 23/10/2007 and 26/10/2007. There were no discussions on how much the decorations would cost and how the procurement would be made. The only discussions were on how the decorations should be done.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.20<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the meeting at State House, the venues Sub committee and decorators agreed on the themes and concepts of venue decorations. Using the themes and concepts agreed at State House, Mr. Fred Tushabe, venues coordinator on 12<sup>th</sup> November 2007 wrote to the Chairman, Contracts Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that the consortium of decorators under Finishing Touches be procured expeditiously. There were no estimated costs presented to contracts committee.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> (Copy of the letter dated 12/11/2007 is attached as annex (viii)).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.21<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the PPDA Act 2003 and guidelines, Mr. Fred Tushabe should have forwarded the request to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressing need for procurement of venues decorations. Permanent Secretary should have then passed the request on approval to the Procurement and Disposal Unit (PDU) for processing the procurement. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.22<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Further still when Mr. Tushabe wrote to the Chairperson Contracts Committee, it lacked the estimated costs presented by M/s Finishing Touches the lead firm chosen by the decorators. The reason he gave was that, the estimated costs presented were exorbitant and he rejected them. That he advised them to revise the costs, which never materialized. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Copy of Mr. Tushabe’s statement is attached as annex (ix)). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.23<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should be noted that Mr. Fred Tushabe, Venues Coordinator, had no mandate to decide on the costs. This should have been the work of the PDU and the Evaluations Committee.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.24<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Mr. Fred Tushabe was interviewed, he explained that his writing to the Chairperson Contracts Committee was because the Venues Sub Committee was charged in the meeting of 23/10/2007 with the responsibility to start the procurement process of decorators of CHOGM 2007 venues.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.25<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By writing the Memo to the Chairperson Contracts Committee he thought it was the responsibility of the Contracts Committee to take action in the procurement of venues decorations for CHOGM 2007, but copied to Permanent Secretary MoFA and the Senior Procurement Officer/PDU MoFA.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.26<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was established that the Chairperson Contracts Committee never took any action much as he received the Memo of 12/11/2007. He instead noted on the letter that negotiated requirements and costs needed to be attached and did not communicate back to Mr. Tushabe or Permanent Secretary MoFA for action. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.27<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mean time on 13/11/2007, Amb. James Mugume, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs held meeting with the Executive Director PPDA seeking advise on the emergency procurement method.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.28<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The Permanent Secretary, Amb. James Mugume followed up his discussion with a letter to the Executive Director PPDA requesting/seeking deviation/waiver on the procurement method from PPDA without the authority and approval of the Contracts Committee. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.29<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">.In response Mr. Agaba Edgar, Executive Director, PPDA on 20/11/2007 wrote back to the P/S Ministry of Foreign Affairs declining the waiver for reason that the Contracts Committee had not made any decision on the matter. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Copy of the response letter dated 20/11/2007 is attached as annex (x)).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.30<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">On failure to obtain a waiver, the PS/MoFA on 20/11/2007 wrote to Chairperson Contracts Committee to convene an emergency meeting to consider the procurement of decorations of CHOGM Venues.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> (Copy of the letter dated 20/11/2007 is attached as annex (xi)).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.31<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Chairman, contracts committee in response on 21<sup>st</sup> November 2007 wrote to PS/MoFA regarding procurement for decorators of CHOGM venues. He noted that there was no submission from the procurement unit regarding the procurement for decorators of CHOGM venues, and that a waiver from the normal procurement procedure to emergency procurement method had been turned down by the PPDA as such the issue could not be considered. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Annex (xii) for details of the response dated 21/11/2007).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.32<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Chairman Contracts Committee however concluded by recommending that negotiation Committee should produce a report on the negotiated requirements and costs attached in order to form a basis for an administrative decision.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.33<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2007, the PS/MoFA wrote to the Procurement and Disposal unit (PDU), highlighting the concerns of the Contracts Committee mentioned above and requested the Senior Procurement Officer (SPO) assist the chairperson, venues sub-committee to produce a submission for consideration either by the sub-committee or for administrative decision. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Refer to Annex (xiii) for the copy of the letter dated 22/11/2007). </i></b>It should be noted that, at the date of the above letter, decorations had started and the main CHOGM opening ceremony was to take place the following day 23/11/2007.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.34<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">There is no evidence on record to show that the Senior Procurement Officer and Venue Sub Committee made effort to prepare a proper document for submission to the contracts committee. However by that time decorations were ongoing and it was one day to the opening ceremony as evidenced in 2<sup>nd</sup> last paragraph of Permanent Secretary’s letter dated 22/11/2007 already attached as annex (xii) above. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.35<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">As the PS/MoFA was waiting the outcome from Senior Procurement Officer and Venues Sub Committee for administrative decision, Hon. Amama Mbabazi, the Chairperson/CHOGM Monitoring Committee on 22/11/2007 wrote to M/s Hilda Musubira Deputy Head of Public Service/Executive Director, CHOGM 2007 Secretariat expressing the concerns of the inspection team. He noted that International Conference Center - Serena where the CHOGM opening ceremony was to take place was not yet appropriately decorated.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.36<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The Inspection team advised that Ms. Hilda Musubira the Deputy Head of Public Service/Executive Director CHOGM 2007 Secretariat ensures that decoration is done immediately and then explore possibility of retrospective procurement undertaking. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.37<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It was noted that the recommendation from Hon. Amama Mbabazi’s team came up on 22/11/2007 and opening ceremony was to take place the following day 23/11/2007. The letter was copied to Amb. James Mugume, PS MoFA and the Chairperson CHOGM Venues Committee. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Copy of the letter dated 22/11/2007 is attached as annex (xiv))</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.38<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Amb. James Mugume, PS/MoFA realizing that the process was hitting a snag, on 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2007 wrote to DHS/ED CHOGM 2007 Secretariat informing her of the stalemate the procurement process had hit, given that they were dealing with a retrospective procurement. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.39<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Amb. James Mugume, PS/MoFA using the copy of the letter requested the Coordinator/Venues and Manager Finishing Touches to visit the various venues to ascertain the level of decoration undertaken as per agreed works with dated pictures for each venue. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Copy of the letter is attached as Annex (xv)).</i></b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.40<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The PS/MoFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs went ahead on the same day 22/11/2007 using an Internal Memo to Chair/Venue Sub Committee requesting her to immediately put in place a mechanism to ensure that there is value for money in the decoration of CHOGM 2007 venues and produce the final evidence of decoration work done. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Copy of the letter is attached as Annex (xvi)).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.41<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">At the time CHOGM took place on 23 – 25<sup>th</sup> November 2007, the procurement process for the venue decorators had not yet been finalized as indicated in the above paragraphs. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.42<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">When Amb. James Mugume, Permanent Secretary, MoFA was interviewed, he stated that; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“the venue Sub committee did not strictly follow the PPDA procurement guidelines regarding submission for request for a waiver to allow direct procurement. That the report from the venue negotiating Committee did not include the necessary requirements and associated costs”.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.43<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Amb. James Mugume, PS, further stated that; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">by mid November 2007, it was apparent that the Venue Sub Committee was having problems in the procurement of decorators for the venues. The strict deadlines that had to be adhered to, the complexity of the procurement, the importance of the procurement to the success of CHOGM 2007 and in ability to conclude negotiations in time, created an emergency which compelled him to urgently consult PPDA, three days to the start of CHOGM activities.” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">(Copy of his statement dated 9/05/2011 is attached as annex (xvii)).</b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.44<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The Permanent Secretary’s explanation was backed by Mr. Tushabe, Venue Coordinators statement that the venue’s decorations came up as a last item and no proper costing for decorations could be properly made because the venues to be decorated were still being renovated and refurbished and the decoration concepts kept on changing from time to time since this kind of decoration was a new phenomena from the usual ordinary decorations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.45<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Coupled with the above the refurbishment of the hotels/venues went on up to the time when CHOGM activities were about to be opened. Therefore, assessing the needed requirements to meet CHOGM standards was difficult. This resulted into identifying experts by the venues Sub Committee of CHOGM. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.46<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The experts also took time to form a consortium among themselves. Much as they came up with the concepts of decoration of CHOGM venues there were no costs attached to the concepts. This further made it difficult for the contracts committee to approve the requirements as time had run out for the opening ceremony of CHOGM 2007.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.2.47<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">In lieu of the above findings the works for venue decorations for CHOGM 2007 were therefore carried out without any known costs, contract or agreement and did not follow the Procurement process stipulated in the PPDA Act and Regulations 2003.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 32.25pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 32.25pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -32.25pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Whether there was any financial loss or otherwise and who is <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>responsible.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The decoration of the Venues for CHOGM 2007 was undertaken by a Consortium of Decorators without any written contract or agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as already indicated in the earlier paragraphs of this report.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The reasons for the delay in procurement of the decorations was that the idea of venues decorations came up late in July 2007 as an after thought, the budget for venues decorations were presented by the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to Treasury on 30/07/2007. Another reason advanced by Mr. Fred Tushabe, Venue Coordinator was lack of submission of necessary documents by the consortium of decorators.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">As time was running out, there was no sign of having the procurement approved by the Contracts Committee in line with the procurement procedures. The PS/MoFA as already stated in the earlier paragraphs of this report, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">instructed the Chair, venue Sub Committee to ensure that venues are decorated and the Coordinator of venues should produce evidence of decoration work done. </b>Basing on the above the said venues were decorated without any written contract or agreement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.4<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">After carrying out the decoration works for CHOGM 2007, M/s Finishing Touches presented a bill of shs. 617, 652,120 for the work done. The bill presented lacked certification by the responsible managers in charge of those venues. However photographs taken by the venues sub committee to ascertain the level of decorations carried out in the venues were presented. The PS/MoFA on 24<sup>th</sup> November 2007, forwarded the bill and the Photographs to Contracts Committee for retrospective approval.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The PS/MoFA on the same day wrote a loose minute to Chair/Protocol, Hospitality and Events Sub committee requesting for a report on various sites and venues indicating the services done as specified by the Contracts Committee. The Loose Minute was copied among others to the DHS/ED, Chair, Contracts Committee and Coordinator/venues. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(See annex (xix) for copy of the loose minute dated 28/11/2007 to that effect)</i></b>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.6<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">On 20<sup>th</sup> December 2007 the Chairperson, venues subcommittee wrote internal memo to the PS/MoFA concerning the final evaluation report on decoration of CHOGM venues by the consortium. The evaluation was carried out by Mr. S. Senoga - Internal Auditor, MoFA, Mr. Fred Lutimba of PDU, MoFA and Amb. Rhoda Kaisho, Chairperson Venue Sub Committee based on;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(i)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The reports of the various venue managers during CHOGM,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(ii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The report of the consortium on the various reports made by the managers:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Photographs taken during the event period.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>In the internal memo the chairperson noted that the figures had been <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>revised and agreed to Shs. 459,550,000/=. The internal memo <span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>indicated the breakdown as below: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Refers to annex (xx)).</i></b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Serena Conference Center<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>180,360,000</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Entebbe Airports<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>110,786,400</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>97,567,200</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Golf Course Hotel<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>31,795,500</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Hotel Africana<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>24,715,800</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">445,224,400/=</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">However the attachments on the evaluation report indicated the following figures.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Serena Conference Center<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>180,360,000</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Entebbe Airports<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>110,786,400</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>97,567,200</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Golf Course Hotel<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>39,673,000</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Hotel Africana<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>31,163,400</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">459,550,000/=</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.7<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>investigation team’s analysis show that the actual figure based on the valuations should have been Ugx shs. 445,224,400. The difference of shs. 14,325,600 was due to the following;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(i)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The valuation and negotiation agreed to charge 15% for items already purchased and could not be used for decorations at Golf Course Hotel. However the attachments indicated the charge at 30%, this anomaly inflated the figure from 31,795,800/= to 39,673,000/=.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(ii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">For Hotel Africana, since the decorators had not purchased new items for the function, the bill had been revised to 24,725,800/=. However the attachments indicated a charge of 30%, for items purchased but not utilized thereby inflating the figure from 24,715,800/= to 31,163,400/=.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Therefore the right figure as per the valuation and negotiations between decorators and the MoFA staff should have been Shs. 445,224,400/= as indicated in paragraph 6.3.7 above.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.8<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A further comparison and analysis was made between the bill provided by M/s Finishing Touches and the reports of the various persons that were in charge of the venues that were decorated. The following tables and the accompanying explanations were compiled.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.9<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Entebbe International Airport</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: auto auto auto 5.4pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 578px;"><tbody>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ITEM</span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">FINISHING TOUCHES</span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">CIVIL AVIATION</span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Glass vases 12 @ 150,000/=</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,800,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,800,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fresh cut flowers to be used (assorted) 55 boxes @ 3,000,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>16,500,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>16,500,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Oasis</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,001,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,001,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Green plants and leaves for fillers</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,848,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,848,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bases for arrangements</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,750,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,750,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Glazed and treated commodities</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>980,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>980,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">8 big dry and fresh cut flower arrangements for refurbished airport</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7,300,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7,300,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Oasis for the above</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,345,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,345,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">52 potted plants @ 9,000 per day X 15days</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7,020,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7,020,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">7 animal sculptures 100,000/= per animal per day for 10 days </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7,000,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,000,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Plants around the sculptures<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,000,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">***<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">2 fountains 150,000/= per fountain per day for 10 days<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,500,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">****</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cabling fountains<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>500,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">174 paintings @ 50,000/=</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8,700,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8,700,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Rock formation around the sculptures</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,098,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,098,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 16;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Welcome and Thank You banners 496 sqm @ 19,250 per sqm.</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9,548,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9,548,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 17;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">*****<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lounge buntings 45 sqm of PVC @ 22,000 per sqm<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>990,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 18;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">30 tear drops @ 400,000/=</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13,080,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13,080,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 19;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">10 personnel accomodation 20,000/= per day for 19 days</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,800,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,800,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 20;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Meals 10,000/= per day for 10 X 19 days</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,900,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,900,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 21;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Labour for 19 days</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,420,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3,420,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 22;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Pick up inclusive of fuela 15days @ 300,000/=</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4,500,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4,500,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 23;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>102,580,000 </span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>92,590,000 </span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 24;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 25;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">8% concept design</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8,206,400 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7,407,200 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 26;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 27; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 297pt;" valign="bottom" width="396"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">TOTAL</span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 69.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>110,786,400 </span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>99,997,200 </span></b></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The adjustments were based on the Communication from Civil Aviation Authority regarding the decoration of the Old and New Airport terminals. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Refer to Annex (xxi) for details).</i></b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Only 3 animal sculptures were delivered as opposed to the 7 that are indicated by M/s Finishing Touches.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">**</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No plants were put around the sculptures, contrary to what was <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>quoted.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">***</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No fountains were delivered at the airports.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">****</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Cabling for the fountains was not done since they were not </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>delivered.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">***** </span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">The</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Lounge buntings are yet to be delivered.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.10<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hotel Africana</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 243pt;" valign="bottom" width="324"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">ITEM</span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 99pt;" valign="bottom" width="132"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">FINISHING TOUCHES</span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">HOTEL AFRICANA</span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 243pt;" valign="bottom" width="324"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Stage flowers</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 99pt;" valign="bottom" width="132"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9,800,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9,800,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 243pt;" valign="bottom" width="324"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Running buntings on outside hotel walls 20 X 30 mtrs</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 99pt;" valign="bottom" width="132"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7,300,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7,300,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 243pt;" valign="bottom" width="324"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">8 florist @ 30,000/= X 5</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 99pt;" valign="bottom" width="132"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,200,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,200,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 243pt;" valign="bottom" width="324"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">*</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4 Welcome signs @ 400,000/=<b></b></span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 99pt;" valign="bottom" width="132"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,600,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,200,000 </span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 243pt;" valign="bottom" width="324"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 99pt;" valign="bottom" width="132"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>19,900,000 </span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>19,500,000 </span></b></div></td></tr>
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</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 99pt;" valign="bottom" width="132"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><br />
</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 243pt;" valign="bottom" width="324"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">8% concept design</span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 99pt;" valign="bottom" width="132"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,592,000 </span></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1,560,000 </span></div></td></tr>
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</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 243pt;" valign="bottom" width="324"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">TOTAL</span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 99pt;" valign="bottom" width="132"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>21,492,000 </span></b></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="bottom" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>21,060,000 </span></b></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The adjustment is based on a letter dated 7<sup>th</sup> December 2007 from the Coordinator People’s Forum – Ms. Amal Caroline Osende concerning the decoration at Hotel Africana during the Commonwealth People’s Forum. The letter was addressed to the PS/MoFA. It was noted that;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“…. contrary to the report submitted, the only decoration at Hotel Africana were the flowers that were delivered for the cocktail on the day of Opening Ceremony, 3 welcome signs in the Nile Hall and buntings at the People’s Space.</i>” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Refer to Annex (xxii) for a copy of the abovementioned letter).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt -9.05pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 35.95pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">*<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Only 3 welcome signs were delivered as opposed to the 4 that were quoted.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.11<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Investigations failed to obtain venue managers reports on the decoration carried out at the following venues;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(i)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Serena International Conference Centre,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(ii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Golf Course Hotel</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(iii)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Imperial Botanical Beach Entebbe</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.12<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Managers of the above Hotels could not also recall what transpired. They claimed that, they only availed the Decorators Conference Halls and were not keen to ascertain what actual decorations were done. Basing on the above the, costs stated for the above mentioned hotels were not verified and proved by this investigations. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level3 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.3.13<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further still, in the absence of standard cost prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before work was carried out, it was not possible to confirm that the final bills of shs. 459,550,000 which reduced to shs. 445,224,000 reasonably represented the value of the actual decoration works undertaken. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">6.4.0 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Whether there was influence peddling by Hon. Amama Mbabazi and Hon. Hope Mwesigye during the process of procurement of decorators.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 27pt; mso-list: l4 level3 lfo15; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Alleged influence peddling by Hon. Amama Mbabazi, Minister of <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Security</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.1.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">On 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2007, Hon Amama Mbabazi as Chairperson CHOGM activities inspection team wrote to Ms. Hilda Musubira, the Executive Director CHOGM 2007 Secretariat concerning the decoration of key CHOGM venues. He noted that inspection team had visited the International Conference Centre, Serena where the CHOGM opening ceremony was to take place, and that the place was not yet appropriately decorated. The opening ceremony was to take place on 23<sup>rd</sup> November, 2011. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt; tab-stops: list .75in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.1.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">He stated that he had been informed that the problem was with the procurement process. He therefore strongly recommended that decoration is done immediately and then explore the possibility of retrospective procurement undertaking. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Copy of the letter is already attached as annex (xxiii) of this report).</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.1.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Hon. Amama Mbabazi in his response to this allegation stated that he wrote it as the head of the inspection team. He also stated that;<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“In performing our duties we found that the main venue for CHOGM summit on the eve of the meeting on 22/11/2007 when the summit was due to sit on 23/11/2007 the next day at 9am, had not been decorated.”</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.1.4<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">He further stated that they did not instruct. As a team, they recommended that decoration be carried out so as to have the venue ready in time for the summit. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.1.5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Therefore these allegations that Hon. Amama Mbabazi directed the procurement in violation of procurement procedures were not true because Hon. Amama Mbabazi’s letter came on 22/11/2007 a day to the opening ceremony. By the time he wrote that letter some decorations had been done. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level3 lfo15; tab-stops: list 27.0pt; text-indent: -45pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alleged influence peddling by Hon. Hope Mwesigye, then Minister of State for Local Government</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The Venues Sub-Committee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was charged with the responsibility of decoration of CHOGM 2007 venues. This Committee was headed by Ambassador Rhoda Kaisho Sinani as Chairperson.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt -9pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The first venue sub committee meeting was held on 19/10/2007 with decorators and was chaired by Ms. Sarah Nakamya. Ms. Sarah Nakamya was the only member of the sub committee while the rest were decorators. She was directed to chair the meeting by Mr. Fred Tushabe, Venues Coordinator. So when the first meeting was held, decorators had been invited by MoFA. Hon. Hope Mwesigye was not present.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">As noted in paragraphs 6.2.12 to 6.2.15 above, Hon. Hope Mwesigye, the then Minister of State for Local Government chaired the Venue Sub-committee meetings of 23<sup>rd</sup> and 26<sup>th</sup> October 2007. According to her explanations her role in CHOGM was Chairperson of Beautification Committee. That she chaired the meetings as dictated by protocol since she was the most senior person, and was to introduce 2 experts in beautification from Malaysia under a bilateral technical cooperation to help beautify Kampala during CHOGM.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.4<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">She further stated that the meeting was also in preparation for yet another meeting that had been called by the First Lady, Hon. Mrs. Janet Museveni that afternoon of 26/10/2007 at State House to harmonize the decoration themes. That the First Lady had all along worked closely with the Beautification Committee to ensure that Kampala was kept clean and beautiful during CHOGM.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> (Copy of her response dated 30/03/2011 is attached as annex (xxiv)).</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">According to Mrs. Hilda Musubira, Deputy Head of Public Service/Executive Director of CHOGM 2007, the decoration of Venues remained an activity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The incident when the two sub committees held a joint meeting; the process did not translate the assignment into being undertaken jointly by the two Ministries. It should be clarified that there was no prohibition of Sub committees work together in order to produce the desired results.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.6<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Mrs. Musubira further stated that the act of the venues (Decorations) and Beatification coming together to share information was not unique since both of them shared the main task of making a place/venue beautiful. The meeting could have served the purpose of information sharing, but the responsibility for decorating the Venues remained with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> (Copy of her response dated 07/03/2011 is attached as annex (xxv)).</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.7<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">These meetings chaired by Hon. Hope Mwesigye and First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni with the decorators and venues Sub Committee were on concepts and themes of how the venues should be decorated. The procurement of the decorators and the decoration process was the role and duty of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Venues Sub Committee. These were emphasized in the meetings of 23/10/2007 and 26/10/2007 chaired By Hon. Hope Mwesigye.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.8<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">On the allegation that she sourced the decorators of CHOGM Venues, Hon. Hope Mwesigye stated that, she did not source any decorators. That the Decorators were sourced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hon. Hope Mwesigye quoted the meeting of the Venues Sub Committee of 19/10/2007 with the decorators at Kidepo Committee room of the Ministry of foreign Affairs, chaired by one Ms. Sarah Nakamya of Ministry of Foreign Affairs to justify her explanation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.9<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Hon. Hope Mwesigye also supported her explanation using the Internal Memo dated 12/11/2007 from the venues coordinator to Chairman Contracts Committee, Ministry of Foreign affairs requesting for procurement of the Consortium of decorators to decorate the CHOGM 2007 venues. In the Memo the Venues Coordinator indicated that the venues sub committee had identified decorating companies that would form a consortium of decorators to under take the task of decorating the CHOGM Venues.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in left 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.10<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It was also established from the minutes of the 22<sup>nd</sup> Cabinet Sub Committee meeting on CHOGM 2007 held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 4/10/2007 that the soliciting of decorators and formation of consortium of decorators to carry out venue decorations had already been done and procurement process was in progress. The formation of a consortium was therefore done before Hon. Hope Mwesigye chaired the meeting of venues sub committee and decorators on 23/10/2007.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in left 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.11<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Further more, the statement of venue coordinator Mr. Fred Tushabe exonerates Hon. Hope Mwesigye on issue of selection of decorators. In his statement Mr. Tushabe stated that; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“the Sub Committee introduced the prospective decorators to the sites and venues to enable them internalize the themes and concepts of each venue. This was done before the meeting of 23/10/2007 at the Ministry of Local government.”</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Copy of his statement is already attached as annex (ix) of this report).</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.12<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">On the allegation that she negotiated and awarded decorators contract or the decoration was done under her instructions, investigations established that on 20/11/2007 Amb. James Mugume, PS/FA wrote to the Chairperson Venues Sub Committee (Amb. Rhoda Kaisho) to urgently finalise the negotiations for Finishing Touches which would form basis for decision making. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in left 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.13<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The negotiations were carried out by the venue committee and as indicated no contract has been signed but PS/FA has taken an administrative decision after consultation with the Solicitor General to pay the decorators.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.14<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The investigation team made effort to interview Mr. Charles Mawenu, Director, Finishing Touches the lead company for the consortium on who invited them and how they came to the Venue Sub- Committee, they declined to respond stating that the matter was in court. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(See annex (xxvi) for his responses dated 13/04/2011 and 14/04/2011)</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.15<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">From the above details, the engagement of Decorators was done by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in his letter to Amb. Rhoda Kaisho, the Chair, Venue Sub-Committee already stated in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">paragraph 6.2.37</b> of this report. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level4 lfo15; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -45pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.4.2.16<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The negotiations and soliciting was undertaken by the Venue Sub Committee as reflected by Mr. Fred Tushabe, venue coordinator’s report to the Cabinet Sub Committee on 4/10/2007 and his letter to Chairperson Contracts Committee dated 12/11/2007. These communications were before Hon. Hope Mwesigye chaired the meetings of 23/10/2007 and 26/10/2011. Therefore the allegations against Hon. Hope Mwesigye were proved to be false.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.0<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">OBSERVATIONS </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">7.1<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Whether the procurement procedures were followed, and if not who was responsible.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.1.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">As stated in the findings of this report, the procurement process of venues decorations did not follow the procedures stipulated in the PPDA Act and Regulations of 2003. The major reason for this was because the idea of venue decorations came up at the last moment when CHOGM 2007 budgets had been approved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.1.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Cabinet Sub Committee of CHOGM 2007 came up with venue decorations in the meeting of 25/07/2007 on realizing the need for having venues decorated. Following the meeting a budget provision for venues decorations among other CHOGM requirements was made on 31/7/2007.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.1.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Much as the budget provision was made, the Venue Sub Committee members did not have expertise on how the venues could be decorated and where to source the expertise given the short period and the standard of decoration required. This resulted into formulation of concepts on how the venues should be decorated. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.1.4<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">These concepts kept on being changed and modified. Further more the venues to be decorated were still under construction and refurbishment went on up to almost the time of CHOGM opening ceremony. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.1.5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Another problem with this procurement as earlier stated was lack of costing to help in the procurement process. The process to have the required costing never materialized in time because it had taken the decorator’s time to form a consortium, agree on the materials and concepts for the decorations. This also goes back to the limited time when the idea of venue decorations was agreed upon by the Cabinet Sub Committee of CHOGM 2007.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.1.6<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It was until 21/11/2007, two days to CHOGM opening ceremony when the request for emergency procurement by Permanent Secretary MoFA was turned down by the Chairperson Contracts Committee on grounds that necessary requirement and associated costs were required. This was observed to be too late and it compelled the Accounting Officer Amb. James Mugume to take an administrative measure to have the venues decorated without any written agreement or contract as stipulated in the PPDA Act and Regulations 2003.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level3 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.1.7<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It was further observed that Amb. James Mugume made an effort and did put a mechanism to ensure that there was value for money by ensuring that venue coordinators take note of all decorations done and provide evidence including taking photographs. All his efforts were observed to have been carried out in good faith given that decorations had to be done in order to save the face of the country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 27.75pt; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo4; tab-stops: list 27.75pt left .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -27.75pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Whether there was any financial loss; if so who is responsible?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.2.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">When the decorators under the umbrella of consortium headed by M/s Finishing Touches submitted the bill of shs. 617,652,120 for payment, Chairperson Contracts Committee advised that final evaluation be carried out in order to ascertain works done.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.2.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The Chairperson, venues subcommittee came up with a final evaluation report of confirmed actual costs on decoration of CHOGM venues by the consortium. Basing on the evaluation the figure of shs. 617,562,120 were revised to shs. 459,550,000/=, which investigation finally analysed should have been shs. 445,224,400. As earlier stated in this report the difference was due to wrong percentage applied than what had been agreed in the valuation and negations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.2.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Further still, a comparison and analysis made by the investigation team on the bill provided by M/s Finishing Touches and the reports of some of the various persons that were in charge of the venues, indicated variation in the figures presented. For the other venues namely; Golf Course Hotel, Serena International Conference Centre and Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel, no report were on record to compare actual works done with what was claimed to have been done.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.2.4<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ministry of foreign Affairs also had no estimated costs against which work done could be measured or verified. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs relied on the bills submitted by M/s Finishing Touches Ltd which it finally revised basing on the reports compiled by the venue managers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.2.5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">In the absence of a proper bench mark by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs against which work done could be compared, lack of report from the other venue’s decorated, it is not possible to confirm that the revised bills of shs 459,550,000/=, which finally reduced to shs. 445,224,400/= reasonably represented the value of the actual work undertaken. However, the issue of the payment is under litigation through civil suit no. 144 of 2010, in the High Court.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.0<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">CONCLUSIONS</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">From the findings and observations of this report, it is here by concluded that;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">As reported in the Auditor Generals report of April 2008, the decoration of CHOGM venues was done without following due procurement process in breach of the PPDA Act, Regulations and guidelines as stated in paragraph 6.2.38 and 6.2.39 of this report. The works were undertaken without an agreement and contract and to date (20/07/2011) no payment has been made. The matter of non payment has been taken to court for redress.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.2<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Amb. James Mugume, Permanent Secretary MoFA acted in good faith to have the venues decorated given the fact that decoration of venues for CHOGM 2007 came as a last minute requirement among CHOGM 2007 activities without any proper concepts and expertise on how the decorations were to be done .Clarification of concepts was done in the processes and time had run out, so the parameters for procurement were not very clear up to the time of CHOGM Further still time had run out for the ministry to follow the procurement process.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.3<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It was not possible to establish whether there was value for money for the charges of shs. 459,550,000/= finally approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as stated in the Auditor Generals report of April 2008 as works done in some of the venues were not certified/verified and there were also no cost estimates made by the Ministry as a parameter against which work done could be compared to suggest any financial loss caused.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.4<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It is further concluded that payment has not yet been made and there is no apparent prejudice to government and no prejudice to the decorators has also been disclosed. More still no favour to a particular decorator has been established to suggest collusion.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The investigation did not establish any influence peddling on the part of Hon. Amama Mbabazi as stated in the PAC May 2010 report. This was clearly reflected in our findings of paragraph 6.4.1. </span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.6<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Our findings and observations in paragraph 6.4.2 and 7.3.1 respectively also show that Hon. Hope Mwesigye was not involved in the identification, solicitation, negotiations and award of contracts for CHOGM 2007 venue decorations as stated in the PAC May 2010 report..</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.7<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Therefore no case has been established for prosecution or disciplinary action against any of the people involved in the procurement of venue decorations for CHOGM 2007. </span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40.5pt; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -40.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.1<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The issue of payment due to the decorators should be left to be determined by the High Court through the on going suit no. 144 of 2010.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">INSPECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">JULY 2011</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-86616371412979419992011-07-28T12:05:00.000-07:002011-07-29T04:29:07.701-07:00Its not Musisi Vs Tinye; its Mbabazi Vs TinyeThe first director of Kampala Capital City Authority Ms Jennifer Semakula Musisi is all over the news with her much needed reforms in the city. First she kicked out the controversial but naive politician and former Mayor Nasser Ntege Ssebagala from the Town Clerk's office.<br />
Before Sebaggala could understand what had denied him the house which President Museveni had given him as a reward for betraying his party [DP] and the Opposition, Ms Musisi went for another big one--Gen. David Tinyefuza, the cordinator of Intelligence Services.<br />
This time, she wants the controversial military General to vacate the house that was meant for the city health Inspector.<br />
The General is not giving in. Ms Musisi seems undeterred . And the debate rages on about who will win and who is right.<br />
Most say Ms Musisi is right and will win. Some say she is right but will not win. I believe she is right. I suspect she will will not win and if she wins, her win will open a floodgate to her suffering.<br />
Here is why. <br />
The war Ms Musisi is fighting is not a KCCA war. I guess you now think I am crazy. May be yes. May be not.<br />
Ms Musisi is fighting a serious military High Command war. She appears to be used by forces beyond her understanding. Gen. Tinyefuza was "given" the house by Gen. Kahinda Otafiire who was then the local government minister. Otafiire of course acted outside the law. But do UPDF Generals really care about the law? If only to dupe some gullible Ugandans, yes.<br />
Gen. Otafiire and Gen. Tinyefuza and most of the High Command are unfriendly to the Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi. The High Command believes that Mbabazi was eating sausages and misappropriating assistance to the NRA rebels during the bush war. Infact they reportedly sentenced Mbabazi to death by firing squad.<br />
The rift between Mbabazi and the military arm has continued to exist until today. What is worrying, is that the High Command believes Mbabazi has been given more than he deserves by the President.<br />
Mbabazi believes he is an organiser of the party while the Generals are subversive.<br />
In this rift, Museveni has used both parties to his advantage.<br />
So, when Mbabazi contested for the post of Secreatary General, sections of the High Command asked Otafiire to challenge him. When Mbabazi was named security minister, Gen. Tinyefuza was named Cordinator of Intelligence services. To the military guys, Tinye was the defacto Security minister because they didnt believe in Mbabazi. But the latter has also been trying to get some stronghold among the security services. He has mainly recruited relatives especially from his wife's side into ISO and ESO. But the CMI remains the domain of the Generals.<br />
Because of this fight, the two sides have tried to build armies within the UPDF. They all, however, pay allegiance to Museveni.<br />
After building the armies, the two sides have been fighting over wealth. They try to out compete each other on who owns what. Mbabazi, the hitherto marxist type, silently entered into money making ventures using other confidants.<br />
The issue of fighting corruption came in. Both sides have been trying to expose their deals most times leaking stories to the media where they have also positioned cadres. In this battle, several government bureacrats have been sucked in. Mbabazi has influenced several high profile appointments. This was meant to extend his zone of influence.<br />
Ms Musisi's appointment is one of them. IGG Rapheal Baku is another. There are several others.<br />
Because of the silent fight, observers say Mbabazi has an upper hand in scandalising his opponents. When Tinye vowed to arrest Musisi, he was addressing Mbabazi not the poor woman.<br />
When Musisi said she does not fear Tinye, it was Mbabazi speaking.<br />
This put Musisi in a tricky position either knowingly or otherwise. Her success will now depend on which camp will get Museveni on their side. <br />
And yet even if that is settled, there is the small matter of Lord Mayor Lukwago and Buganda interests. If Musisi ignores Lukwago, she is definitley headed to unpopularity especially in Buganda. Although her drive is to clean up the city, will she manage to antagonise the interests of some powerful people including Museveni who have vested interests in the mess of Kampala? If she doesnt, she will end up being used to fight Baganda and other Opposition leaning businesspeople in the city. And she will have earned the wrath of Buganda nationalists and the Opposition in general. When Museveni realises that she is costing him and NRM the votes, he will begin calling delegations to state House and assure them how he would not allow KCCA to disadvantage the masses because the NRM went to the bush to fight for the poor people. Ms Musisi's fate will then be sealed.<br />
Therefore, Ms Musisi's challenge is to try to avoid doing the bidding for the NRM and Museveni. But then, they appointed her. She has to bid for them. For now it appears she is already a pawn in a military and political game she seems to have no clue about. She is like sweet chewing gum now but will later be discarded. Things are worse that she is also trying to recruit KCCA employes using sectarianism and nepotism-- born again Christians being her favourites. She is reported to be trying to influence the recruitment of KCCA directors.That has already started to raise eyebrows. The game is on.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-67557150517124807622011-06-22T08:03:00.000-07:002011-06-23T08:01:45.908-07:00How UWA has turned into a milk cow; new boss working illegally<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mismanagement, corruption and impunity have combined to threaten the once thriving Uganda Wildlife Authority, this blogger can now inform you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">A lot has been in the press about the ongoings in the wildlife watch dog but the latest make you worry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">First, the ongoing Commission of inquiry's mandate has ended but Justice George Kanyeihamba is still working without an extension of his mamdate, which started in February and was to last three months. Why there is no extension and the good old man is working, remains a mistery. Anyway, the Commission was instituted by Gen. Kahinda Otafiire to specifically find fault in the former UWA board chairman and Presidential advisor John Nagenda, his successor, counsel Andrew Kasirye. The inquiry also wants to find by all means that Moses Mapesa, the ED who was forced out of UWA by Otafiire and his bag boy called Dr Boysier Muballe. Mapesa and the previous board bosses declined to release UWA money taps to Otafiire and his cohorts. Nagenda's trouble was to write against the near banditry style of management that Otafiire ushered at the once vibrant wildlife conservation agency.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">They then, in a kangoroo style, handpicked Dr Andrew Seguya from Uganda Wildlife Education Center to become UWA's acting Executive Director [ED].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mr Seguya has fitted the bill so well that intrique, cliquism and financial hemorrhage now defines UWA's style of work.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Your investigative blogger, has, for instance, established that Mr Seguya is in liason with some technocrats at the Tourism ministry to raid UWA's coffers for filmsy reasons. Instead of building UWA's financial base, Seguya is busy dolling out financial favours to the Tourism bureacrats.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">While the bureacrats get engrossed in the financial inducements, Seguya then concetrates on creating a clique in UWA. The bosses who would then intervene, are made impotent by the financial benefits. For instance, Seguya endorsed the reduction of gorilla tracking permits just because some interested tour companies had seen him. DR Congo and Rwanda still maintain the old price but because Seguya wanted to be relevant to the powers that be both financial and politically, he maded a decision that is bound to lead to revenue loss for UWA.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">These days in UWA, if a big man from Tourism ministry asks for money, the incompetent UWA financial director Yusuf Musisi just runs to cash office.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The staff who stand in the way, are branded rebels thus kicked out of UWA. That is how the four senior staff ended up being suspended by the Kanyeihamba Commission even before hearing from them. Apparently, some members of this Commission are enjoying sweet grapes from UWA.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Leaving Seguya to run the show as he wishes, has made staff in UWA who hitherto never bought into tribalism talk, to start feeling the new man wants to introduce tribalism. This view now silently held by several UWA staff, has gained credence after Seguya appointed mainly Baganda to juicy positions yet among the staff [ Juliet Anguria Nsiima, John Makombo. Vanice Mirembe and Grace Kyomuhendo] none is a Muganda.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Seguya's manipulation</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">While he tries to distance himself from the suspensions, Mr Seguya was actually behind it. Sources say that the reason Kanyeihamba Commission sent the staff on suspension was to give room to Seguya to survive the court battle. Seguya whose appointment was challenged by Mark Kamanzi, the legal affairs director at UWA, was in panic that court was going to kick him out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">He then reportedly connived with some Commission members to send John Makombo on suspension so as to create a kind of leadership crisis at UWA. Seguya would then use Makombo's suspension as reason to plead that if he is sent away, UWA would have a management crisis since one of the longest serving officials [Makombo] was on suspension.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Proof of Illegal appointment</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Seguya appears to be badly in need of opportunity to scheme out financial deals in UWA to the extent that even when everyone sees that he is not serving legally, the new boss doesnt give it a thought.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On December 23 last year, the First Deputy Prime Minister, Eriya Kategaya wrote to the President asking him to compel Otafiire to appoint a new board at UWA which would then appoint a new ED. Kategaya's letter was provoked by a top management meeting which had concluded that Seguya was working at UWA illegally.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Ministers Fred Ruhindi, Nelson Gagawala, Simon Lokodo and bureacrats like Justus Tindigarukayo, Denis Bireije, Henry Obbo and Patricia Mutesi attended the meeting. Gen. Otafiire sent an apology.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The meeting concluded that "The Appointment of Board Trustees headed by Dr Muballe Boysier under Minute 98 [CT 2010] was not done in accordance with the Uganda Wildlife Act....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">" The appointment of the acting executive director of UWA by the Minister was irregularly done as there was no Board of Trustees in place," reads Kategaya's letter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But Gen. Otafiire remained defiant. So did Seguya. Although he had a job at UWEC, the perks at UWA appear to have tickled the soft spoken man. He now reportedly tries to use favours to silence criticism--from the government officials to media houses. He is known as a man of underhand methods who can smile with you and look innocent when behind the curtains he sharpens a dagger to hit at you. He has reportedly perfected intrique and corporate politics yet he is short on honesty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Money goes like water</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In February, UWA paid out Shs 7.075million to GEn. Kahinda Otafiire reportedly for a trip to Rukungiri to visit areas ravaged by wild animals. The Under secretary at Tourism Emmanuel Olaunah asked for the money.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">UWA through Seguya's ordered the payment. However, the money was to be banked in ministry account NO.100160-005 according to the payment voucher, a copy of which your blogger obtained. Later, the money was paid to Olaunah who signed for it on February 15. Sources say Gen. Otafiire visited Rukungiri for only one day and the Shs7million was blown like that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Then in April, one Edna Nandudu, wrote to Seguya to again facilitate Otafiire's visit to Mt. Elgon National Park to talk to the surrounding communities. The visit was to last 10 days. UWA paid out Shs 9.56million. The minister's visit again lasted one day!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Seguya is unable to question these payments because he sees a bigger picture--he wants support of the ministry to continue bossing UWA.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">As this happens, Seguya is cracking hard on other staff he perceives a problem especially those who have worked longer at the agency.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">There is a near revolt in UWA because of Seguya's hypocritical management. Staff have been sending anonymous letters attacking Seguya and this has forced the man to block staff emails.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">These days, staff emails are screened and access to internet limited.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Matters were worsened by an anonymous letter which said one top boss at UWA once stole a baby crocodile at UWEC. This boss reportedly connived with a whiteman who visited UWEC in a motorcycle. He went straight to the office and the two later visited the veterinary section. They carried something in a class box. The warder did not bother. It was untill the crocodile was intercepted by immigration officials at Entebbe airport that the matter became serious. Money later exhanged hands and the matter was abandoned at some stage. At least the croc survived. Sources say that most of the theft of wild animal species was linked to some senior conservationists.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">That is Uganda's wild life story for now.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-64942145632591035832011-06-08T09:42:00.000-07:002011-06-08T09:42:59.797-07:00The original Chogm reports is here but who doctored it?Sacked former VP Prof. Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya is crying foul over his impending prosecution over abuse of office and causing financial loss to the government.<br />
The MPs also joined him saying others should also be guillotined. Theodore Ssekikubo, the Lwemiyaga MP who never misses any opportunity to accuse Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa plunged into the debate demanding that his nemesis should also be charged.<br />
A senior official in the office of the President, has given your investigative blogger a copy of the original draft IGG chogm report that pinned several officials. But the final report which has been used to pin Bukenya is different. Apparently, Bukenya has been showed the original report.<br />
Sources say it was later doctored by the Ombudsman himself. Others say, the IGG officials did not do a good job,therefore wanted to find Kutesa culpable by all means.<br />
According to sources, the IGG Raphael Baku is mean with the truth in regard to the Chogm investigations. After the report was handed to him for signing, intelligence sources say the man deleted some culprits.<br />
Its is alleged that Baku was compromised after about Shs200million transaction. Your blogger is still verifying this very important and disturbing allegations against the Ombudsman. Others sources say the man was simply panicking because of his job. He is still in acting capacity and he wants to please the powers that be so that he gets confirmed as the Ombudsman inspite of his alleged poor management of the inspectorate.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Well, below is the 30 page draft report. Nice reading.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.7pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">Draft</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 10.3pt 99.85pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-font-width: 105%;">REPORT ON INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE PROCUREMENT OF 80 BMW 1200RT </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-font-width: 105%;">MOTORCYCLES FOR CHOGM 2007- BY MINISTRY OF WORKS AND </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-font-width: 105%;">TRANSPORT TS.122.2010.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 36.7pt 0in 0pt 0.7pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">1.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BACKGROUND</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0.15in 0in 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 510.5pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">Arising out of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) probe into<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">CHOGM 2007 expenditure, the Inspectorate of Government instituted ||<br />
investigations into allegations concerning irregularities in the procurement of 80 J|</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">BMW 1200RT Outrider motorcycles. It was particularly alleged that the bidding H<br />
process for the Motorcycles was fraught with procurement irregularities and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 87%;">•</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 87%;">;<sub>:</sub>financial loss was occasioned to the Government of Uganda.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 36.25pt 0in 0pt 1.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal;">2.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LEGAL BASIS OF THE INVESTIGATION</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.95pt; margin: 13.2pt 99.6pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">The Inspectorate of Government commenced investigations into the above allegations on the basis of the provisions of Article 225 (1) (a), (b) (c) and (e), </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 84%;">226, 227 and 230 of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (as </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">amended) and Sections 8 (1) (a), (b) (c) and (e), 9, (o), 10 and 14 (5) and (6) </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">of the Inspectorate of Government Act (2002).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 13.2pt 0in 0pt 0.95pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal;">3.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LAW APPLICABLE</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 34.1pt 0in 0pt 40.8pt; tab-stops: 67.2pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">i)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The 1995 Constitution of Uganda(as amended)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.7pt; margin: 9.6pt 0in 0pt 40.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 67.2pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">ii)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Inspectorate of Government Act 2002</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.7pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 67.2pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">iii)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Anti Corruption Act 2009</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.7pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 67.2pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 84%;">iv)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Leadership Code Act 2002</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.7pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 67.2pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 83%;">v)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Penal Code Act</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.7pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 67.2pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 83%;">vi)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The PPDA Act 2003</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 22.55pt; margin: 1.7pt 0in 0pt 40.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 67.2pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 83%;">vii)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The PPDA Regulations 2003</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 22.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40.55pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 67.2pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">viii)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Public Service (Commission) Regulations <b>SI 288-1</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 22.55pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 41.05pt; 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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 10.5pt;">4.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OBJECTIVES OF THE INVESTIGATION</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.8pt 8.9pt 0pt 66.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.95pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">4.1 To establish whether the 80 BMW 1200RT Outrider Motor cycles were </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">irregularly procured without due regard to the public procurement procedures and regulations.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 10.1pt 9.1pt 0pt 66.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.7pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">4.2 To establish whether there was loss of government funds and if so, to identify the people responsible so as to take appropriate actions.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span><br />
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<div class="WordSection3"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 36.7pt 0in 0pt 0.25pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">5.1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The investigation was limited to the issues raised in the objectives above.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 38.15pt 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">6.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>METHODOLOGY</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0.5in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">6.1.1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interviewed and held discussions with the following people: -</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span><br />
<div class="WordSection4"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 36.25pt 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 84%;">i)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hon. Sam Kuteesa - Minister Foreign Affairs</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.85pt 0in 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -34.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">ii)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ambassador James Mugume - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">Affairs</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.25pt; margin: 1.9pt 0in 0pt 0.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 32.9pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">iii)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Charles Muganzi - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Transport</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 32.9pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">iv)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Kenneth Mugambe - Commissioner, Budget & Policy Dept, MOFPED</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 32.9pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">v)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Eng. George Okurut - Chief Mechanical Engineer, MW&T</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -35.75pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">vi)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anthony Musumba - Ag. Head of Settlements and Payments, Bank of </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 83%;">Uganda</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.85pt 0in 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -35.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">vii)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anne Kwebiiha - the Head of Settlements and Payments (at the time of </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 82%;">CHOGM), Bank of Uganda</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.7pt; margin: 1.45pt 1in 0pt 0.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">viii)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lawrence Tabaluka - then procurement officer at MW&T </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.7pt; margin: 1.45pt 1in 0pt 0.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 84%;">ix)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dorothy Birabwa - then Head of PDU, MW&T</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.7pt; margin: 1.45pt 1in 0pt 0.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 36.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 70.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">x)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Eng. Julius Tinkamanyire - Mechanical Engineer MW&T</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 36.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 70.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">xi)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Eng. Francis Keeya - Senior Mechanical Engineer, MW&T</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 37.2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 70.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">xii)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sam Arom - Customs Officer, URA</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 36.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 70.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">xiii)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Isaac Chemtai - Customs Officer, URA</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 37.2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 70.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">xiv)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Denis Ayo - Principal Procurement Officer, MW&T</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 37.2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 70.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">xv)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Moses Banturaki - Sales Manager- Motor Care (U) Ltd</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 168pt 0pt 37.45pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 70.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">xvi)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lars Bjerre - General Manager -.Motor Care (U) Ltd<br />
xvii)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fred Makada - Motor Care (U) Ltd - Company Lawyer</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 34.3pt 0in 0pt 2.65pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 93%;">6.1.2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following requests were made:-</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.55pt 96pt 0pt 72.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">i)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>H.E the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany was requested to contact BMW Motorrad for information on the sale of BMW Motor </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">Cycles to Motorcare (U) Ltd.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.1pt 96.5pt 0pt 72.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">ii)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kenya Anti Corruption was requested to obtain information from </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">Mashariki Motors on their bid for supply of BMW Motorcycles to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 91%;">Government of Uganda.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 34.55pt 0in 0pt 3.1pt;"><b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">6.2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following documents were retrieved and examined: -</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 25.9pt 1in 0pt 38.4pt;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">i)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Minutes of meetings of the CHOGM Cabinet Sub-Committee on Transport </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 25.9pt 1in 0pt 38.4pt;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">ii)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Procurement process records</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.1pt; margin: 6.95pt 1in 0pt 73.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -35.05pt;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">iii)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Signed Contract between Uganda Government and M/S Motor Care (U) </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-font-width: 83%;">Ltd</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.1pt 1in 0pt 73.2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -34.55pt;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">iv)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Irrevocable letter of credit by Ministry of Works and Transport in favour </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">of Motorcare Uganda Ltd</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.7pt; margin: 1.7pt 1in 0pt 38.15pt; 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<div class="WordSection5"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">7.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FINDINGS</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 12.25pt 0in 0pt 0.25pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">7.1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BACKGROUND</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 10.3pt 0.95pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">7.1.1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">abbreviated to <b><span style="mso-font-width: 87%;">CHOGM, </span></b><span style="mso-font-width: 87%;">is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of Government from all Common Wealth nations. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state, and is chaired by that nation's respective Prime Minister or </span><span style="mso-font-width: 86%;">President who becomes the Common Wealth Chairperson in office. Recently, meetings have been attended by Queen Elizabeth II who is the Head of the Common Wealth although the Queen's formal appearance only began in 1997.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.1pt 1.45pt 0pt 34.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">7.1.2 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">The first CHOGM was held in 1971, and there have been twenty-one held in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">total. The most recent in Trinidad and Tobbago in 2009.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.6pt 0.5pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.5pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">7.1.3<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">In December 2003, a notification was made in Abuja for Malta to host CHOGM in 2005 and Uganda to host in 2007. Accordingly therefore, the Government of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 82%;">Uganda hosted CHOGM from 23<sup>rd</sup> to 25<sup>th</sup> in November 2007.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 10.1pt 0.7pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">7.1.4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">Uganda as the host country was mandated to put in place facilities that met with the requirements of the Commonwealth Secretariat which were in accordance with the specifications contained in the guidelines (The Blue Book) and budget </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">for the organization of CHOGM.</span></div><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-lock: locked; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-height: 75.8pt; mso-element-frame-hspace: 1.9pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 2.9pt; mso-element-left: -70.75pt; mso-element-top: 35.8pt; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element: frame;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" style="height: 109px;" vspace="0"><tbody>
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.6pt 0.5pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">7.1.5<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">The Government of Uganda through the Cabinet went ahead and approved the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">organizational framework for Uganda's hosting of CHOGM which included the formation of a Cabinet Sub Committee and the National Task force. The </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">responsibilities of these two organs were to provide the political framework for supervising and coordinating the implementation of all planned activities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.85pt 0in 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">7.1.6<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">In a meeting held on 6<sup>th</sup>, September, 2004, the Cabinet Sub- Committee began </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 84%;">its CHOGM preparations and agreed on a number of issues including financing of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">the work of the National Task Force, and approving competent officers to work on the Task Force among other issues.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.35pt 0.5pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">7.1.7<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">Investigations established that the Cabinet Sub Committee meetings were in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">most cases chaired by H.E the Vice President Prof Gilbert Bukenya except when the President H.E Yoweri Museveni attended in person. In the absence of the President and the Vice President, a Cabinet Minister would chair the meetings.</span></div></div><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25pt;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 10.5pt;">8.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TRANSPORT FOR CHOGM 2007</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 35.05pt 0.05in 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.75pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">8.1.1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">In the Cabinet Sub Committee meeting held on 15<sup>th</sup>, February 2005 under Minute </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">3/2005 the meeting was informed that the Government would be expected to provide appropriate transport for Heads of State, Commonwealth Secretariat </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">staff, delegates and special guests who would include Heads of Regional and </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">International organizations <b>(Appendix 1)</b></span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.35pt 0in 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -34.8pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">8.1.2 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">The CHOGM guide lines required that the host country prepare a detailed operational plan for transport requirements which would primarily take care of </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">the movement of delegations throughout the duration of the conference. Page </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">42<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the Blue Book paragraph 4 on </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">"transport for Heads of delegation" </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">thus provided that; <b>" </b></span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">The primary focus should be on the movement of </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">Heads of Government from their arrival in the host country to their <span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">departure" </span></span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">(Appendix 2)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.6pt 3.1pt 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">8.1.3 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">The Blue book also required that the host country procure a variety of vehicles to include specially armored vehicles for leaders, luxury cars and security escorts </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">among others.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.8pt 2.9pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">8.1.4 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">The Transport Sub Committee under the Ministry of Works and Transport (MWT) </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">was mandated to procure vehicles for the CHOGM event. The vehicles were to include executive cars, police motorcycles, lead cars, ambulances, command vehicles and patrol vehicles. The Transport Sub Committee hence drew up plans and also made an assessment of the vehicles that would be required to facilitate both the Heads of Government and the delegates. Among other transport facilities it was decided that the Government of Uganda would require 80 Police <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Motorcycles.</span></span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 24.5pt 0in 0pt 0.95pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">9.0 THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE 80 BMW MOTORCYCYLES</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 10.55pt 2.9pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">9.1.1 In their letter to the PS/MW&T, Ref. OPS 175/245/01/31 dated 28/03/2006 -</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.4pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">"Procurement of Police Out Rider Motorcycles and Lead<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cars for</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.65pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 87%;">•CHOGM",<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 87%;">Uganda<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Police<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>indicated<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>preferred<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BMW<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>R1200RT</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 3.1pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">motorcycles and they proposed that selective procurement be used in order to</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 98.65pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">enable them acquire the desired models. </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">(See Appendix3}</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 33.85pt 0in 0pt 36.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -35.75pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">9.1.2 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">On 24<sup>th</sup> May 2006 the Transport Sub-committee in the MWT wrote to Uganda Police rejecting the proposed procurement by brand on the ground that it is not</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div></div><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></i><br />
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</tbody></table></div><br clear="all" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 18.25pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">permitted under the PPDA Act because it stifles competition. Uganda Police was </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">asked to justify their choice of BMW.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.8pt 17.5pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">9.1.3<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">In his letter Ref. OPS 175/245/01 of 26<sup>th</sup> May 2006, the Inspector General of </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">Police (IGP) outlined reasons for direct purchase of BMW 1200cc outrider motorcycles for use during CHOGM. He explained that the choice was based on </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">the need to standardize their fleet because at that time the force already had 23 units of BMW motor cycles with competent riders who had also been trained in </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 92%;">their maintenance. </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 92%;">(See Appendix4)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.1pt; margin: 22.1pt 15.35pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">9.1.4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">Despite the request by Police, Ministry of Works and Transport decided to </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">advertise for provision of Transport and related services for the CHOGM 2007 in </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 81%;">the New Vision of 5<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> June 2006, the Monitor of 31<sup>st</sup> May and 5<sup>th</sup> June </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">2006 and the East African Newspapers of 5<sup>th</sup> - 11 June 2006. </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 86%;">(See Appendix </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">5)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 8.4pt 17.5pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">9.1.5<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the 11<sup>th</sup> Meeting of the Cabinet Sub Committee held on the 11<sup>th</sup> July 2006, it was decided that the tendering process be halted until the details of the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">type of vehicles and the mode of hiring are worked out/determined. The decision </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 91%;">on motor vehicles included motorcycles. </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 91%;">(See Appendix 6)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.85pt 17.5pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">Consequently on 14<sup>th</sup> July 2006, the PS MW&T issued a notice in the newspapers </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">halting the procurement process indefinitely in order to allow consultations with </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">other stakeholders like the Transport Sub Committee and the Cabinet Sub </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">Committee. </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">(See Appendix?)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 17.3pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">9.1.6<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">Minutes of the 15<sup>th</sup> Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting held on 20<sup>th</sup> November 2006, indicated that Hon. Sam Kuteesa, Minister of Foreign Affairs informed the Committee that he had written to some companies and only Motor Care (U) Ltd (the eventual winner) had come up with the proposal willing to lease or sell vehicles and Motor cycles for the Police Outriders. Hon. Kuteesa did not disclose </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">to the meeting the other companies that he had written toPargraph 2 of the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">record of the minutes provided as follows;</span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.35pt 15.6pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">"Hon Sam Kuteesa informed the meeting that he had written to some</span></b></em></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 16.1pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">companies but that so far only one company, Motorcare, had come up</span></b></em></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 15.85pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">with the proposal to sell 30 of the BMW BOO series and lease 3O more</span></b></em></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 15.6pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">of the same capacity for the principals. He further explained that the</span></b></em></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 15.6pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>company was also willing to lease or sell 12O more of the BMW 300</span></b></em></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 16.1pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">series , 120 BMW motorcycles for the police outriders and 6O Nissan</span></b></em></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0.25pt 139.45pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.75pt;">Hard body single cabins for the police lead cars."</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="WordSection8"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 11.5pt 2.9pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">It-was recommended in the same meeting that the Minister of Foreign Affairs </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">and the Minister of Works and Transport and the Sub-Committee on Transport work out the modalities (of (procuring the vehicles and Motorcycles from </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">Motorcare (U) Ltd)</span><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 92%;">(See Appendix8)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.1pt 2.9pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">9.1.7 </span></b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">In a letter dated 25<sup>th</sup>, April 2007 the Inspector General of Government wrote to </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">the Executive Director of the CHOGM Secretariat asking her_aroong other things</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 207.35pt;"><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 134%;">3tfw^<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>t^-U/Khe-C^v<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; mso-font-width: 134%;">-^KJI_2</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.65pt 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">to clarify on<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the role of the Hon^Minister of Foreign Affairs in soliciting for proposals from service providers. </span><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">(Appendix9)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 10.1pt 2.15pt 0pt 36.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.5pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">9.1.8<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">In her response she referred the IGG to the letter written by the Hon Minister of </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">Foreign Affairs to the IGG dated 30<sup>th</sup>, April, 2007.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.3pt 2.9pt 0pt 44.4pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">9.1.9<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">In his letter dated 30<sup>th</sup>, April 2007 and in response to the IGG'S letter the Hon </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">Minister of Foreign Affairs denied writing to the service providers. He stated as </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">follows; </span><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">(Appendix 10)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.6pt 0.7pt 0pt 44.9pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">"I wish to inform you that I did not write to companies inviting them </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.6pt;">to express their interests in supplying vehicles and opening proposals </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">you state in your letter, that was the work of the Ministry of Works </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">and Transport"</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.6pt 2.4pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">9.1.10The </span></b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">Ag. Inspector General of Government on 13<sup>th</sup> April 2011 wrote to Hon Sam Kuteesa asking him to avail copies of the letters he wrote to companies asking for their willingness to sell or lease to government vehicles for CHOGM 2007 and </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">to explain why the letters were written by him and not the appropriate body in the Ministry of Works and Transport that is mandated to handle procurement </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.25pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">matters. </span><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">(See Appendix 11.)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.8pt 0in 0pt 17.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -16.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 84%;">9.1.11 In </span></b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 84%;">his reply to the Inspectorate in a letter dated 21<sup>st</sup>, April, 2011, Hon. Sam Kuteesa stated that he had failed to locate the letters. He further stated as </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 102%;">follows </span><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">"with regards to why I wrote the </span></b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">letter (\.o </span><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 102%;">the companies), </span><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">it was </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">not because I wanted to take over the procurement role but because </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">all along we had been working on the premises that there would be </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">outright purchase of vehicles. When a policy decision was made that </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.25pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">we should lease rather than buy vehicles I simply communicated a </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">change of policy to those companies to find out if they were willing to </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.65pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">operate under a changed policy, Of course the procurement would as it </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.55pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">was be undertaken by the Ministry of Works and transport" (Appendix </span></b><b><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 102%;">f 12)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span><br />
<div class="WordSection9"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 2.65pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">NB: It can be noted at this point that the Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs made </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">two statements that were contradictory and inconsistent. He initially denied </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.45pt;">writing to the companies then changed his statement and accepted that he had </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">written even though he could not locate the letters.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 37.9pt 0.05in 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">9.1.12 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">In his statement to the Inspectorate of Government, the Permanent Secretary in </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">the Ministry of Works and Transport who was Accounting officer at the time of </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">CHOGM preparations stated as follows;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.6pt 1.7pt 0pt 30.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">"On 20<sup>th</sup> November 2006, Hon Sam Kuteesa handed to me documents </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">in an envelope. This was a quotation from Motorcars for </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">. leasing/outright selling of BMW vehicles to Government. This <span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">quotation included supply of BMW Motorcycles and Nissan Pickups </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">and lead vehicles" (Appendix 13)</span></span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.6pt 0.05in 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">9.1.13Following the 15<sup>th</sup> Cabinet Sub Committee meeting, the Minister of Foreign </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 84%;">Affairs, Hon. Sam Kuteesa on 24<sup>th</sup> November 2006 wrote to Hon. John Nasasira </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">MW&T and indicated to him that BMW had confirmed willingness to lease </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">vehicles to government under specifically agreed terms as specified in their offer </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">which he had handed to the Permanent Secretary MW&T. </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;">(See Appendix 14)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 21.85pt 0in 0pt 36.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -35.75pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">9.1.14 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">In his letter dated 24<sup>th</sup>, November 2006 the Minister stated as follows; </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;">"Kindly </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">refer to Minute 7 of the Of Cabinet Sub Committee on CHOGM in <span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">which it was decided that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Works and </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Transport meet to work out the modalities for leasing the vehicles for </span>CHOGM O7.....................as indicated on 20<sup>th</sup> November 2006, to the</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">Cabinet Sub Committee, BMW has now confirmed willingness to lease vehicles to government under specifically agreed terms as specified in </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">the offer which I handed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">. Works and Transport........"(See Appendix 15).</span></span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.1pt 2.9pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">9</span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 86%;">»</span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 86%;">1.15The Permanent Secretary MWT Mr. Charles Muganzi, routed Hon. Kuteesa's letter to Eng Okurut the Chief Mechanical Engineer to handle. On 1st December </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 87%;">2006, Eng. Okurut in turn wrote to the Secretary Contracts Committee and informed them that M/S Motorcare Uganda Limited, the local representatives of </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 85%;">the BMW Manufacturer of the motorcycles, had been consulted and they had </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 88%;">agreed to submit an official quotation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6.95pt 0in 0pt 18.25pt;"><br />
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<div class="WordSection10"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 3.35pt 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">sought for approval of the bid document, shortlist and membership of the Evaluation team for the procurement of Motorcycles.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.8pt 2.9pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">9.1.17 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">It must be noted that a market survey had been done by Eng Julius Tinkamanyire of Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department to determine the indicative cost of the motorcycles. Subsequently PP Form 20 was filled and </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">endorsed by the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Director of Transport and Permanent Secretary, MW&T indicating that 80 BMW R1200RT motorcycles would cost </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 98%;">Shs.4b/= , i.e. Shs.50m/= or Euros 21,645 per unit. </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 98%;">(SeeAppendix 16)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.55pt 1.45pt 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.75pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 83%;">9.1.18During the 16<sup>th</sup> Meeting of the Cabinet Sub Committee held on 4<sup>th</sup> December 2006, the Chairman, H.E. the Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya stated that </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.55pt;">"The decision on Transport that was taken during the 15<sup>th</sup> Cabinet Sub </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Committee on CHOGM was final...All other companies that were <span style="letter-spacing: -0.65pt;">coming up with proposals should not be considered. "(See Appendix 17)</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.85pt 0in 0pt 30.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -30.25pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 91%;">9.1.19 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 91%;">Following this directive, the Permanent Secretary MW&T on 18<sup>th</sup> December 2006, wrote to the Executive Director PPDA requesting for a waiver of open </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 96%;">• direct tendering to allow direct procurement. </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 96%;">(See Appendix 18)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.3pt 2.65pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">9.1.20 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">In a consultative meeting of 12<sup>th</sup> February 2007 on CHOGM procurements chaired by H. E the President of the Republic of Uganda and attended by the Executive Director PPDA, the President wondered why PPDA was not granting </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">waivers for purchase from single (reliable) source (Supplier).</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.3pt 0in 0pt 36.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.75pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 83%;">9.1.21 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 83%;">In response, the Executive Director of PPDA Mr. Edgar Agaba explained that: </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">"PPDA allowed direct procurement (sourcing from one company), but that the users were required to provide sufficient information to justify </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">the direct method. PPDA called for transparency in the processes i.e. </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">that the cost of projects and unit cost to be disclosed by Ministries so </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">as to eliminate possibilities of inflating prices, giving examples of BMW </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">motorcycles required by the Police Force, whose prices were not </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">indicated in the request for the direct procurement"</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.1pt 2.15pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">9.1.22 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">H.E. the President emphasized adherence to transparency in all procurement</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.4pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">' processes, emphasizing that for direct procurement/single sourcing for items</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.4pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">which were time bound, detailed -information should always be provided to</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.4pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>enable PPDA make urgent but well informed decisions. He further directed the</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.4pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">Executive Director of PPDA to avail him copies of the documents which were</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">submitted relating to procurement of motorcycles by the Police Force. </span></span><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">(See </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">Appendix 19)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.55pt 0.95pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">(See Appendix 2O)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.1pt; margin: 23.05pt 0.95pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.5pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">9.1.24The companies proposed were namely: Motorcare Uganda Ltd of , Uganda, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 84%;">Mashariki Motors Ltd of Kenya and South Africa Dayang Motor Corporation .</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 1.7pt 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">9.1.25 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">On 7<sup>th</sup> March 2007, the Contracts Committee of MW&T under <b>Minute. </b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-font-width: 96%;">130/03/07 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-font-width: 96%;">observed as follows :</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.8pt 1.2pt 0pt 88.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">i)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">That PPDA, after meeting officers from MW&T and Police, cleared the Ministry vide their letter PPDA/M20/00 dated 21<sup>st</sup> February 2007 to use restricted bidding using renowned dealers of fleet brand,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.35pt 0.95pt 0pt 87.85pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">ii)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">That the MW&T/Police selected three firms out of the list provided by the PPDA that these were the representatives of manufacturers of the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 84%;">preferred BMW R1200RT Police Outrider Motorcycles,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.6pt 0.7pt 0pt 88.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">Hi)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">That dully endorsed PP Form 20 was submitted to confirm availability </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">of funds,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.6pt 0.7pt 0pt 88.8pt; 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mso-font-width: 87%;">On the 7<sup>th</sup> of March 2007 , the Contracts Committee approved the tender document under the restricted international bidding method and short listed the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">following companies namely; M/S Motorcare (U) Ltd, M/S Mashariki Motors Ltd </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">(Kenya) and M/S South Africa Dayang Motor Corporation. </span><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">(See Appendix21)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.55pt 0.5pt 0pt 36.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; 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font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 103%;">10.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ISSUING OF SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.8pt 0in 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">10.1.1 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">The solicitation document was issued to the bidders on 12/03/2007 using PP </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 84%;">Form 31 for 80, 2007, BMW R 1200RT Police Outrider Motorcycles of German </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">origin. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">(See Technical requirements as detailed in the Bid Document </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">pages 35 and 36)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.35pt 0in 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">10.1.2 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">A copy of PP Form 31 obtained from Head of Procurement and Disposal Unit, MW&T indicated that M/S Motorcare Uganda Ltd received the tender document </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">on 15<sup>th</sup> March 2007, M/S Mashariki Motors signed for the solicitation document on 21<sup>st</sup> March 2007 and Dyang Corporation On 20<sup>th</sup> March 2007. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">(See Appendix </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 107%;">23)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.3pt 0in 0pt 30.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -30.25pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">10.1.3 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">Investigations have established that on the record of receipt of bids on PP Form </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">' 34, only Motor Care (U) Ltd returned and submitted its bid on 30<sup>th</sup> March 2007. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">(See Appendix 24)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 12pt 0in 0pt 0.95pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 104%;">11.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OPENING OF BIDS</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 10.1pt 0.95pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 95%;">ll.l.l<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bids were opened on 30/03/2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the Ministry of Works </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">Contacts Committee Board Room. The bid opening Form PP 35 shows that only </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">one bidder; <b>M/S Motorcare Uganda Ltd </b>returned the bid which was opened and read out at a cost price of Euro 2,288,240 for 80 motorcycles. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">(See </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">Appendix 25)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.1pt 1.45pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">11.1.2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The investigation team however obtained a letter dated 29/03/2007 allegedly </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">submitted by M/S Mashariki Motors Ltd of Kenya withdrawing their bid due to </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">"unavoidable circumstances". </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">The letter was addressed to the Mechanical </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 84%;">Engineer, Old Port Bell Road but it was endorsed with Bid Opening stamp of </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 91%;">PDU, MW&T dated 30/03/2007. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 91%;">(See Appendix26)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.8pt 0in 0pt 30.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -29.75pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">11.1.3 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">The investigation team interviewed Ms Dorothy Birabwa the then Head, PDU . and her former staff on the issue of the withdrawn bid by Masahariki Motors. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">They however<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all denied recieveing the Mashariki bid and stated that only one bid from Motorcare Uganda Ltd was received as indicated on PP Form 34.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span><br />
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</tbody></table></div><br clear="all" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 56.65pt 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">11.1.4 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Mr. Tabaluka then Procurement Officer claimed there was even no representative </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">of Mashariki Motors Limited present at the opening of the bid. He further stated</span><em><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"> </span></em><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 87%;">that the letter could have been brought in by trickery to deceive that a bid had </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">been withdrawn in order to leave Motorcare Uganda Ltd a sole bidder.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 2.65pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 2.15pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">11.1.5 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">During investigauens, the inspectorate ofQovernment requested the Kenya Anti </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">Corruption Commission (KACC) to trace Mr. Harrison the General Manager of Mashariki Motors Ltd to explain under what circumstances the company had </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">withdrawn its bid at the last minute yet the company was a well known </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">authorized dealer of BMW Motorcycles. </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">(SeeAppendix27}</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.55pt 1.9pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">11.1.6 In </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">their response, the KACC furnished the Inspectorate with the statements of </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">Mr. Harrison and Mr. Gecaga. Mr. Harrison alleged that he was only the service manager at Mashariki Motors . He worked with Mashariki up to October 2008 when the BMW dealership was moved from Mashariki to Bavaria motors.He denied involvement in the tender (to supply BMW Motorcycles for CHOGM 2007) pointing all responsibility to Mr. Gecaga.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 0in 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">11.1.7 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">In his statement he observed that </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">"sometime in 2007, the Managing Director of Masahriki Motors Mr. Gecaga informed us to prepare the <span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">pricing of BMW Motorcycles from Germany. ...I recall we signed pricing </span>documents which I suppose were sent to BMW Germany and to Uganda. As at this I did not know who was requisitioning for the <span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">bikes... I recall that after the documents were sent to Germany, after a </span>couple of weeks, Germany asked us to withdraw the tender. On instructions of Mr. Gecaga , I wrote to withdraw letter to Uganda which went under my signature. Mr. Gecaga never explained why <span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">Germany asked us to withdraw the tender." (Appendix 28)</span></span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.3pt 2.15pt 0pt 34.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -33.85pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 91%;">ll.l.8<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 91%;">Mr. Gecaga's statement which was provided to the Investigation team by </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">KACC he denied involvement in the tender to supply BMW Motorcycles and the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">issue of the withdrawn bid. He however stated that in the year 2005 the shareholders of Mashariki entered into a joint venture agreement to sell the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">business of BMW dealership to a Danish investment group called Kjaer Group. This was with BMW approval and was to be for a period of three years.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.1pt; margin: 22.1pt 0.5pt 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">11.1.9 He </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">further observed that " </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">when the inquiry of the procurement of the BMW Motorcycles by the Ugandan Government came it must have</span></b></em></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 24.25pt 1.2pt 0pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; font-style: normal;">13</span></div></div><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">come to Maganga who would have to deal with Harrison, being the technical person and finally BMW Group. Personally I would not be </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">involved in this, I never wrote any letters, I never dealt with the <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Ugandan Government or BMW Group over this matter. Also I don't </span>know why the tender never went through(withdrawn) but the <span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">instructions for withdrawal must have come from BMW"(Appendix 29)</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 2.15pt 0pt 34.55pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;"><em>11.1.</em></span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">10<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">Investigations confirmed that Mashariki Motors had a formal dealership with BMW Germany spelling out terms and conditions of the dealership. On the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">other hand Motorcare (U) Ltd availed to the PDU a plain letter referenced as </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt;">"Manufacturer'sAuthorization Letter" </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">from BMW Germany.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.55pt 1.2pt 0pt 34.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">11.1.11<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">The investigation team obtained and analyzed the Annual Accounts for </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">Motorcare Uganda Ltd for the Year Ended 31 December 2007. "The Company's </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Affairs" show that </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">"Motorcare Uganda Limited holds the distribution rights for NISSAN vehicles and SUZUKI motorcycles....."there </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">is </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">no</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.9pt 0pt 34.1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">mention of BMW and yet this was the time when Motorcare Uganda</span><em><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;"> Limited had just supplied BMW products to the Government of Uganda.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 11.75pt 0in 0pt 0.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-width: 101%;"><em>12.</em></span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 101%;">0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EVALUATION OF BIDS</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 10.55pt 2.15pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">12.1.1 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">Investigations established that Evaluation Committee Members comprised the following persons:</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.85pt 0in 0pt 57.35pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -16.8pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kenneth<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mugambe,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Commissioner/Budget<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>&Policy Dept - MOPPED; Chairman</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 1.9pt 0in 0pt 40.1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 54.95pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dr. Isaac Ezati, Deputy Director - Mulago Hospital; Vice Chairman</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 39.85pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 54.95pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Juma Walusimbi, Director Communications - Bank of Uganda; member</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 39.85pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 54.95pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Eng. George William Okurut, Chief Mechanical Engineer - MW&T; member</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40.1pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 54.95pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Albert Akovuku, Chief transport Officer - State House; member</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 39.85pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 54.95pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Capt. Gerald Ahimbisibwe, Brigade Internal Auditor - PGB; member</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 0pt 57.85pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary Nankabirwa, State Attorney - Ministry of Justice & Const. Affairs, member</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 2.15pt 0in 0pt 13.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: 26.4pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Onzima Nyakuni, Staff Officer/Operatios - Uganda Police Force; member </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 24.5pt; margin: 2.15pt 0in 0pt 13.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: 26.4pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis Keeya, Senior Mechanical Engineer - MW&T; Secretary.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 53.05pt 0.7pt 0pt 0in; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">14</span></em></div></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span><br />
<div class="WordSection14"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 3.85pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 3.85pt 0pt 33.85pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -33.85pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">12.1.2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>0f the three firms invited to bid, only M/s Motorcare Uganda Ltd responded and the bid <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was subjected to the three stages of evaluation. Investigations established that although bids were sent to Motorcare, the bid returned had a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">joint venture with Europcar.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.35pt 3.1pt 0pt 34.55pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">12.1.3 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">During preliminary examination Motorcare (U) Ltd submitted a trading license </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">no. 0066761 which had expired on the 31st December 2006. It did not submit an Original Dealership Agreement and merely provided a letter of guarantee of supplies of BMW motor cycles which the evaluation committee construed as </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">compliant with the requirement and recommended Motor care (U) Ltd for further </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">evaluation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 9.85pt 3.35pt 0pt 34.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">12.1.4 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">It has been established that the Entity wrote to both PPDA and the solicitor General requesting for guidance on the issue of the trading licence.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.85pt 0.05in 0pt 34.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">12.1.5 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">In a letter dated 19<sup>th</sup>, April 2007 the Solicitor Genral replied stating that the issue of the trading license was non material and the entity should ask Motorcare </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">(U) Ltd to furnish a proper trading license. </span><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">(Appendix30)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.85pt 0.05in 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">12.1.6<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Investigations have established that in a letter dated 20<sup>th</sup> April 2007 the Evaluation Committee requested Motor care (U) Ltd to submit a valid trading </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">license. </span><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">(Appendix31)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.35pt 0in 0pt 34.55pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">12.1.7 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">In a letter dated 25<sup>th</sup>, April 2007 the Executive Director of the PPDA wrote to the Permanent Secretary MWT and stated among other things </span><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">"that in the </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">present situation unless the facts are shown to be otherwise, failure by </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">a bidder to submit a valid trading license would amount to a a material deviation which cannot be corrected by the Evaluation Committee and </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">thus such a bidder should not be subjected to further evaluation" <span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">(Appendix 32)</span></span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.35pt 0in 0pt 44.4pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">NB/ </span><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">It is important to note that at this stage the PDU ignored the advise of the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.6pt;">PPDA Authority and went ahead with the advise of the Solicitor General.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.6pt 3.35pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">12.1.8 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">The Inspectorate of Government wrote to Motorcare on the 21<sup>st</sup> of April 2011 and requested them to furnish among other things an original dealership </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 92%;">agreement with BMW. </span><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 92%;">(Appendix33)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.6pt 3.35pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">12.1.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">9<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a response dated May 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2011 Motorcare asserted that they got the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">dealership with BMW IN 2006. <b>(Appendix 34),</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 10.1pt 0in 0pt 17.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -16.55pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">12.1.10<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">A<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>perusal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>document<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Motorcare<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>furnished as a dealership </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 88%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>agreement between them and BMW shows that the document is not signed and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 85%;">the dealer contract is between Motorcare (U) Ltd and AES Ltd of the United </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kingdom. </span><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Appendix35)</span></b></em></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 30.25pt 2.4pt 0pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt; font-style: normal;">15</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 61.9pt 0in 0pt 258.7pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 30pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -30pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">12.1.11 Under</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;"> Commercial Evaluation the Bidder was required to submit a Power of Attorney, Bid Security and a Delivery Schedule. The bidder complied with the requirements except that the Power of Attorney lacked the signature of the donor. This was resolved after the bidder submitted a duly signed Power of Attorney upon request by the Evaluation Committee and was recommended for </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">'Technical Evaluation.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.55pt 0.25pt 0pt 34.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 73.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">12.1.12<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">Under the Technical evaluation the submission by the bidder complied<br />
with the technical specifications for BMW R 1200 RT Motorcycle as per the</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">solicitation document.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 35.05pt 0in 0pt 0.5pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.55pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">12.3<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Financial Comparison to rank the bids</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 10.1pt 0in 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">Investigations established that since there was only one bid, there was no financial comparison done. The Evaluation Committee noted that the bidder had </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">quoted a unit price of DDU Euros 28,603 (Delivery Duty Unpaid) which was far </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">higher than DDU Euros 21,645 estimated in PP Form 20. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">(See Appendix36)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.85pt 0in 0pt 30.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">The Evaluation Committee recommended that the tender for supply of 80 BMW R </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">1200 RT motorcycles be </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">awarded to M/s Motorcare Uganda Ltd </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">and that a </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">waiver be sought from PPDA to have negotiations with the bidder to have the unit price reduced from the offered Euros 28,603 which was inconsistent with the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">' estimate of DDU Euros 21,645 as indicated in PP Form 20.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 60.95pt 0in 0pt 0.25pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 101%;">13.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CONTRACTS COMMITTEE DECISION</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.55pt 0in 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">13.1.1 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the 289<sup>th</sup> meeting held on 26<sup>th</sup> April 2007, the Contracts Committee granted permission for negotiations with M/s Motorcare Uganda Ltd for a possible reduction of the unit price from Euros 28,606 to Euros 21,645 in </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">accordance with Reg. 219 (4) and Reg. 166 (4) of the PPDA Regulations, 2003.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.3pt 0.25pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">13.1.2 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">Records indicate that Negotiations took place on the 8<sup>th</sup> and 9<sup>th</sup> of May 2007 </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">under the Chairmanship of Amb. Mugoya. They were immediately followed by a PPDA waiver for negotiations on the price.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 47.05pt 0in 0pt 0.95pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">16</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div></div><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></i><br />
<div class="WordSection15"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.1pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 37.2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt;">NB:/f </span><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.45pt;">must be noted that the waiver from PPDA came long after the negotiations </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.65pt;">had been concluded</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.3pt 3.35pt 0pt 36.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">13.1.3 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">During the negotiations, M/s Motorcare Uganda Ltd was only willing to reduce </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">the unit price by Euros 700, thus reducing the price from Euros 28,603 to Euros </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">27,903, giving a quoted total sum of Euros 2,232,240 (Euros two million, two hundred thirty two thousand two hundred forty), which was still higher than the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">estimated cost as per PP Form 20.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 11.5pt 0in 0pt 2.65pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">14.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CONTRACT AGREEMENT</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.55pt 1.7pt 0pt 36.95pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">14.1.1 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">On 12/06/2007, the Government of Uganda represented by MW&T signed a </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">contract agreement with M/s Motorcare Uganda Ltd for supply of 80 BMW R 1200 RT Police Outrider Motorcycles at a sum of Euros 2,232,240. </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">(See </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Appendix 37)</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 36.5pt 0in 0pt 2.9pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">15.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SPECIAL PROVISIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 35.05pt 0.95pt 0pt 37.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">15.1.1 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Investigations established the contract agreement between the Government of </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">Uganda and Motocare (U) Ltd provided for various inspections to be carried out </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">as conditions to the agreement under Article 26 of the contract. Article 26.2 </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">provided that </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">"...all reasonable facilities and assistance, including access </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">to drawings and production data, shall be furnished to the inspectors </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">at no charge to the Procuring and Disposing Entity. "</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.1pt 0.25pt 0pt 38.4pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.5pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">15.1.2 Clause 26.3 provides that; </span></b><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">*the Procuring and Disposing Entity or its </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">designated representative shall be entitled to attend the tests and/or inspections, provided that the PDE bears all its own costs and <span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">expenses incurred in connection with such attendance......."</span></span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 0in 0pt 38.15pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">I5.1.3<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clause 26.4 provides that; </span></b><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">"Whenever the provider is ready to carry out such tests and inspections, it shall give a reasonable advance notice, </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">including the place and time, to the Procuring and Disposing Entity…”</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 0in 0pt 38.15pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 102%;">16.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THE INSPECTION TRIP TO GERMANY</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.8pt 0.5pt 0pt 30.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -30.25pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">16.1.1 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">fulfillment of the conditions of the contract mentioned above, an inspection </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 84%;">visit was organized between 17<sup>th</sup> September 2007 and 21<sup>st</sup> September 2007 to </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">Germany arranged by the Motorcare (U) Ltd in conjunction with BMW division for ' sales in Africa and Caribbean region. The purpose was to inspect and verify the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">production of the 144 BMW vehicles and 80 BMW 1200RT Outrider</span><em><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 86%;"> motorcycles for CHOGM 2007 in accordance with the agreement.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.35pt 0.25pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">16.1.2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Investigations established that the inspection team was comprised of Eng. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">George William Okurut, the Chief Mechanical Engineer MOWT, Mr. Albert Akovuku, Chief Transport Officer, State House and Mr. John Ndugutse, Assistant </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">Superintendent of Police, UPF.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.6pt 0.25pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">16.1.3 It </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">has been established that the inspection team did not inspect any of the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">Motorcycles or vehicles that they had gone to see.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 23.05pt 0in 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">16.1.4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">inspection visit report by the Chief Mechanical Engineer dated 5<sup>th</sup> October 2007 indicated that they did not inspect the production line of the BMW 1200RT </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">Motorcycles because production had been completed and the units were </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">enroute to Uganda via Vatry Airport in France; although there was no documentary evidence provided to the team. The units had been manufactured prior to the arrival of the delegation in Germany.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.1pt 0in 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">16.1. 5 Evidence on record shows that Mr. Moses Banturaki, the Sales Manager of Motor </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">care was responsible for arranging the trip to Germany. The team traveled with an understanding that they would be able to inspect the motorcycles and </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">vehicles according to the scheduled plan. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">(See Appendix 39).</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 0in 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">16.1.6 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eng. Okurut the chief Mechanical Engineer of MW&T who led the team stated that they were not even availed the production data and transportation details (port and date of embarkation, mode and dates of departure and destination) as </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">per conditions of the contract.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.55pt 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">16.1.7 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">is important to note at this point there was a breach of the terms of Article 26</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">of the Contract Agreement by Motorcare Uganda Ltd who arranged the trip well aware that the vehicles and motorcycles had already been dispatched to Uganda. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">The expense of Shs. 14,607,000= which government incurred of the aborted trip</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">was a loss that was occasioned by the deliberate actions of Motorcare (U) Ltd.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 31.9pt 0in 0pt 1.2pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">18</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 0in 0pt 38.15pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 13.2pt;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">17.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OPENING LETTER OF CREDIT</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 23.05pt 1.2pt 0pt 48pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 91%;">17.1.1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 91%;">On 13/06/2007, the Permanent Secretary MW&T applied to Bank of Uganda for an irrevocable letter of credit in favour of M/s Motorcare Uganda Ltd for </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 89%;">supply of 80 R1200RT BMW Police Outrider motorcycles at Euros 2,232,240. </span></em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; mso-font-width: 103%;">(See Appendix 35)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.1pt 1.2pt 0pt 48.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 92%;">17.1.2 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 92%;">On 19/06/2007, Bank of Uganda opened an Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. LC </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 86%;">2007/40 with DEUTSCHE BANK AG, FRANKFURT AM MAIN for Euros 2,232,240 </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 92%;">as the intermediary bank through which payments would be effected to the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">supplier. The supplier's bank was then indicated as STANBIC BANK UGANDA 17</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 43.45pt;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.5pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-font-width: 69%;">"hannihngton road, crested towers </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.5pt; mso-font-width: 69%;">but this was later changed to</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 1.2pt 0in 0pt 48.95pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 89%;"><em>NORDEA BANK, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. </em></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">(SeeAppendix38)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 23.3pt 0.5pt 0pt 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 93%;">17.1.3 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 93%;">Information obtained from the department of Settlements and Payments, Bank </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 91%;">of Uganda indicated that at the time of issue of the Letter of Credit on 19/06/2007, the Exchange Rate was UGX 2,213.61/= for one Euro and that a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">total of </span></em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 95%;">Shs.4,941,308,786/= </span></b><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">was paid to the supplier plus commission of 1% of Shs.49,413,088/= to the clearing bank, giving a total of </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-font-width: 108%;">Shs.4,990,721,874/=.</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 61.45pt 0in 0pt 0.2in;"><em><b><span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">18.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DELIVERY OF THE MOTOR CYCLES</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 36.5pt 0in 0pt 14.15pt;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 91%;">18.1.1 Information obtained from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Customs at Entebbe</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0.5pt 1.2pt 0pt 49.2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -5.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 93%;">•</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 93%;">Airport indicated that the 80 motorcycles were delivered in eight batches. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 90%;">Customs Officers who cleared motorcycles on arrival for assessment of taxes, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 92%;">indicated the following anomalies:</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.1pt; margin: 8.9pt 0in 0pt 66.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -17.05pt;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 91%;">•</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 91%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The motorcycles were delivered fully assembled and ready to ride. The contract stated that they were to be assembled in Uganda</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 11.5pt 0in 0pt 22.1pt;"><em><sub><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 92%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></sub><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 92%;">•</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 92%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were brought with airway bills only and without invoices.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.1pt; margin: 9.6pt 0in 0pt 67.2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -54.25pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 91%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>•</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 91%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 91%;">They did not have any label as to the country of origin and year of manufacture except that the issuing carrier's agent was based in Denmark.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 35.75pt 0in 0pt 219.85pt;"><em><span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt;">19</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 48pt 0pt 56.4pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 48pt 0pt 56.4pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">That invoices bearing Motorcare (U) Ltd were brought later after the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">motorcycles had been handed over to police.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 34.55pt 48pt 0pt 33.85pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">NB: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">It is important to note that according to customs officials interviewed, this is </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">not the normal way the imports transaction should be presented for clearance. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">Each<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>batch<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>supposed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>three<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>airway<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bills, invoices<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><em>. </em></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">Manufacturer, packing list, labels as to country of origin, and year of <span style="letter-spacing: -0.7pt;">manufacture.</span></span></div></div><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span></i><br />
<div class="WordSection16"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 37.2pt 52.55pt 0pt 38.65pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">18.1.2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Investigation team retrieved a number of documents from Motorcare (U) Ltd </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 82%;">among which were invoices originated by KJEAR GROUP of GRONNEMOSEVEJ 6 P. 0. BOX 260 DK-5700 SVENDBORG, DENMARK to M/S Motorcare Uganda Ltd </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">of P. 0. Box 12704, Plot 95, Jinja Road, Kampala. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 90%;">(See Appendix 40)</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 21.85pt 0in 0pt 38.9pt; text-indent: -34.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">18.1.3<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to prices indicated on the invoices, Kjaer Group charged Motorcare </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">Uganda Ltd Euros 21,160 per motorcycle. The invoices also included a fixed </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">charge for Air freight and Transport Insurance of Euros 1,231 for each of the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">eight batches thus totaling to Euros 9,848 for transportation and insurance. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 21.85pt 0in 0pt 38.9pt; text-indent: -34.8pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 4.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">18.1.4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>M/S Motor care Uganda Ltd in turn prepared its own invoices to Ministry of</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-lock: locked; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-height: 25.45pt; mso-element-frame-hspace: 1.9pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 2.9pt; mso-element-left: 445.5pt; mso-element-top: 43.25pt; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element: frame;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" style="height: 42px;" vspace="0"><tbody>
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 48pt 0pt 34.3pt; tab-stops: 256.3pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">Works<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Transport and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>charged each<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>motorcycle Euros<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>27,903. This<br />
transaction indicates that M/S Motorcare (U) Ltd made a difference of Euros</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 87%;">• 6,743 per motorcycle leading to a total Euros 539,440 for the whole supply of 80</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 104%;">motorcycles. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 104%;">(See Appendix 41) </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 104%;">.</span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 5.5pt 0in 0pt 377.3pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 51.35pt 0pt 39.1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">18.1.5<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Information obtained from BMW Germany by the Embassy of the Federal </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">Republic of Germany in Uganda indicate that when M/s Motorcare worn the tender to supply the motorcycles in June 2007for CHOGM, an order was reportedly made with BMW Germany to supply the motorcycles.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 22.8pt 48pt 34.1pt 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">18.1.6 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">order was guaranteed by Kjear Group through an irrevocable letter of credit </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">and integrated into the running production process in August/September 2007. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">Due to pressure arising from the scheduled CHOGM conference in November </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">2007, the motorcycles were delivered to Vatry Airport in France from where </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">'^ii-~ </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">Kjear Group supervised the transportation up to Kampala. That BMW Germany </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 91%;">confirmed that the motorcycles were sold at market price, </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 91%;">(the "market price" </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">was not disclosed}. (See Appendix 42)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 22.8pt 48pt 34.1pt 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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<div class="WordSection17"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 3.85pt 0pt 37.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">18.1.7 It </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">was established that government's estimation of Euros 21,645 per motorcycle, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">was within the range at which M/s Kjear Group invoiced (Euros 21,160) Motorcare (U) Ltd. The charge of Euros 27,903 per unit cost put the cost of the contract higher than the funds previously indicated in PP Form 20.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 3.85pt 0pt 37.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">18.1.8<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">was further established that M/S Motorcare (U) Ltd and Kjaer Group acted as middlemen between Uganda Government and BMW Germany. The contract to supply motorcycles did not provide for such intermediaries. The overcharge was </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">therefore borne by Uganda government.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.1pt 3.85pt 0pt 23.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -20.15pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;">19.0 The</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;"> Inspectorate of Government requested the Permanent Secretary in the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">MOWT to cause an inspection to be carried out to assess the existence and the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">conditions in which the 80 BMW Outrider Motorcycles were in.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 33.85pt 0in 0pt 37.9pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -34.1pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;"><em>19.1. l Accordingly, an inspection was carried out by the Chief mechanical Engineer -of the MOWT. In his report to the Inspectorate of Government dated26th, April, 2011, the Chief Mechanical Engineer stated as follows; </em></span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">"Out of the 8OBMW </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">Motorcycles, only 78 were available for inspection. The other 2 were <span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">reported in the field. Of the SO MOTORCYCLES 48 were found in sound </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">functional condition. 32 were non functional requiring various levels of </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">repair intervention”</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 36.5pt 0in 0pt 4.1pt;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">20.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>M/S MOTORCARE fin LTD</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.55pt 3.35pt 0pt 38.65pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.1 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">Investigations have established that originally Motorcare (U) Ltd was called M/S </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 82%;">NISSAN UGANDA LTD a company incorporated on 22<sup>nd</sup> June 1994 with </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">shareholders as Kjear & Kjear </span></em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">(80 Shares) and </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;"><em>Emmanuel Katto </em></span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">(2O Shares).</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.1pt 2.9pt 0pt 38.65pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">20.1.2 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">On 15<sup>th</sup> December 1995, the name was changed from M/S NISSAN Uganda LIMITED to M/S NIS (U) LIMITED and on 12<sup>th</sup> February 2001, the name </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 83%;">changed to MOTORCARE UGANDA LIMITED with M/S Kjear Group as the sole</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 86%;">shareholder. The directors were Pier Lindgren and Flemming Eltang both Danish and Christos Kyriakidis a Greek.</span></span></em></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 43.7pt 0.25pt 0pt 0in; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.5pt;">21</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 22.8pt 48pt 34.1pt 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.15pt 0pt 34.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">20.1.3 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">On the 13<sup>th</sup> of Octorber 2010 the Inspectorate of Government wrote to the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 84%;">General Manager of Motorcare (U) Ltd Mr. Lars Bjere and requested him to </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">provide the investigation team with production data and documents related to the supply of the 80 Motorcycles including a purchase order form placed by Motorcare to the manufactuere, Telegraphic transfer payment documents and </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">acknowledgment receipts from the manufacturer.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 24.95pt 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">20.1.4 On</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;"> the 18<sup>th</sup> Of Octorber Mr. Bjere replied furnishing an incomplete list of</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">documents.</span></span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.8pt 2.15pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">20.1.5 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">On 26/10/2010 the Investigation team issued a notice requiring Mr. Bjere to </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">comply with the earlier request pursuant to Section 41 1) e) of the Anti Corruption Act 2009. However to date Motorcare has not complied.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 47.5pt 0in 0pt 0.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">NB: </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">It must be noted that at the time the documents specified above were crucial in </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45pt;">verifying the origin and type and costs of the Motorcycles that the Uganda Government </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.7pt;">had procured.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 338.15pt 2.9pt 0pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">22</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 338.15pt 2.9pt 0pt 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25pt;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">20.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OBSERVATIONS</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.8pt 1.45pt 0pt 35.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Whether the 80 BMW R1200RT Police Outrider Motorcycles were <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">irregularly procured without due regard to the public procurement </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.7pt;">procedures and regulations.</span></span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.3pt 0in 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;">20.1.1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;">A cardinal principle under the procurement laws in Uganda is that all </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">procurements are carried out to maximize competition and achieve value for money. Section 46 of the PPDA Act provides thus <b>" </b></span></em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">Subject to this Act, all </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">procurements shall be conducted in a manner to maximize competition and achieve value for money"</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.85pt 1.9pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.1pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 86%;">20.1.2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Public Procurement Processes are defined under the PPDA Act and Regulations 2003 and the roles are clearly spelt out therein. In the CHOGM procurement </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">there was no clarity on the roles of the various players in the procurement of the Motorcycles, that is the Transport Sub Committee, the National Task force, Cabinet Sub Committee and individual Ministers. As a result of this, the procurement process for the BMW Outrider motorcycles was marred with <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">'-'</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 88%;">••</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-width: 88%;">' instances of contravention of the Public Procurement laws.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.8pt 1.7pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.3 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">The role played by the Hon Minister of Foreign Affairs in soliciting for proposals </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">was beyond his responsibility as a Minister. Though preparations for CHOGM fell under his Ministry, as a Minister, he had no role in identifying service providers, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">let alone, writing to the companies inviting them to express their interests in supplying the vehicles and opening the proposals. He took over the roles of the Accounting Officer and the Contracts Committee.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 21.85pt 1.7pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">20.1.4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Evidence on record shows that, The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon Sam Kuteesa who was a member of the Cabinet Sub-Committee wrote inviting Motor care (u) Ltd (the eventual winner) to bid in the tender to supply vehicles for the CHOGM conference. He then presented Motor care's proposal to the Ministry of Works </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">and transport to be included in the tendering process.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 23.75pt 1.45pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">2O.1.5<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hon Kuteesa had in an earlier letter to the IGG denied writing to the service providers .In a recent communication to the AG.IGG he accepted that he had written but asserted that he was simply communicating a change of policy to those companies to find out if they were willing to participate in the process. 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<div class="WordSection19"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">20.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OBSERVATIONS</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.55pt 1.7pt 0pt 36.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Whether the 80 BMW R1200RT Police Outrider Motorcycles were <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">irregularly procured without due regard to the public procurement </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.7pt;">procedures and regulations.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.3pt 0in 0pt 36.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.1 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">A cardinal principle under the procurement laws in Uganda is that all procurements are carried out to maximize competition and achieve value for </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">money. Section 46 of the PPDA Act provides thus “Subject</span><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;"> to this Act, all </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">procurements shall be conducted in a manner to maximize competition and achieve value for money"</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.85pt 1.9pt 0pt 36.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">20.1.2 Public Procurement Processes are defined under the PPDA Act and Regulations 2003 and the roles are clearly spelt out therein. In the CHOGM procurement there was no clarity on the roles of the various players in the procurement of the Motorcycles, that is the Transport Sub Committee, the National Task force, Cabinet Sub Committee and individual Ministers. As a result of this, the procurement process for the BMW Outrider motorcycles was marred with instances of contravention of the Public Procurement laws.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.1pt 1.9pt 0pt 36.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">20.1.3 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">The role played by the Hon Minister of Foreign Affairs in soliciting for proposals was beyond his responsibility as a Minister. Though preparations for CHOGM fell under his Ministry, as a Minister, he had no role in identifying service providers, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">let alone, writing to the companies inviting them to express their interests in supplying the vehicles and opening the proposals. He took over the roles of the Accounting Officer and the Contracts Committee.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 21.85pt 1.7pt 0pt 36.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">20.1.4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Evidence on record shows that, The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon Sam Kuteesa who was a member of the Cabinet Sub-Committee wrote inviting Motor care (u) Ltd (the eventual winner) to bid in the tender to supply vehicles for the CHOGM conference. He then presented Motor care's proposal to the Ministry of Works </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">and transport to be included in the tendering process.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 21.85pt 1.7pt 0pt 36.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.5 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hon Kuteesa had in an earlier letter to the IGG denied writing to the service providers .In a recent communication to the AG.IGG he accepted that he had written but asserted that he was simply communicating a change of policy to</span><span style="color: black;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">those companies to find out if they were willing to participate in the process. The </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">inconsistencies in Hon Kuteesa's statements casts doubt on his credibility in the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 92%;">entire matter.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 23.05pt 0.25pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 23.05pt 0.25pt 0pt 2.5in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">24</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 23.05pt 0.25pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.6 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">Regulation F-B 3 c) of Chapter 1 of the Uganda Government Standing Orders </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">provides that </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">"a Permanent Secretary is the supervisor under a Minister </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">of a Ministry and among other things his or her functions include the </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">implementation of Government Policy</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.1pt 0in 0pt 30pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -30pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">20.1.7 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">In directly soliciting for bids with the companies, the Hon. Minister not only </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">acted as if he was a Permanent Secretary but he also communicated to the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 84%;">service providers as if he was the PDU of MWT.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.6pt 2.9pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.8 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">The Chairman of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on CHOGM H.E The Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya affirmed that the decision to procure from Motorcare (U) Ltd was final and that no other bidder should be allowed to submit a proposal.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.8pt 2.4pt 0pt 35.3pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.9 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">Prof Gilbert Bukenya assumed the role of the Contracts Committee of the Ministry of Works when he confirmed that the award of the tender to Motorcare (U) Ltd would be final.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.35pt 0in 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 73.2pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.10<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">The PPDA Act provides guidance on the definition of a procuring and </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">disposing unit. Section 3 of the PPDA Act provides that a procurement and </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">disposal unit is </span><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">"a division in each procuring and disposing entity <span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">responsible for the execution of the procuring and disposal function"</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 0in 0pt 30.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 87%;">The duty to execute and manage the procurement process was therefore a preserve of the PDU, of Ministry of Works and Transport and not the Cabinet Sub </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">- Committee.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.35pt 1.7pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 73.45pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">20.1.11<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 90%;">The actions of the two senior government officials not only contravened </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">the PPDA Act but also led the Government of Uganda to deal with a company which at the time did not have any dealership with BMW Germany.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.6pt 1.2pt 0pt 10.55pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 73.45pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -9.85pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.12 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 88%;">At the time BMW dealers were shortlisted, Motorcare (U) Ltd did not </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 86%;">have a dealership agreement with BMW. The fact that it was included as a BMW </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 89%;">dealer on the short list raises fundamental questions about the transparency of this procurement. The dealer contract that Motorcare furnished the Inspectorate is not an authentic document as it was not signed by any party. Secondly the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-font-width: 85%;">dealer contract is between Motorcare and AES Ltd not BMW.</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 62.65pt 1.9pt 0pt 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">25</span><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 23.75pt 1.7pt 0pt 36.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 0in 2.4pt 0pt 38.9pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 77.75pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.13<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">Further more, Motor care (U) ltd should have been rejected at the<br />
preliminary evaluation stage when they failed to present a valid trading license.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 23.75pt 2.15pt 0pt 38.9pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">20.1.14 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">The advise given by Mr. Edgar Agaba of PPDA Authority to the Permanent Secretary was in accordance with the functions of the Authority as provided for</span><em><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"> </span></em><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">under the Act. For avoidance of doubt Section 7(a) of the PPDA Act 2003 </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-font-width: 89%;">provides as follows;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 9.35pt 0in 0pt 33.85pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">" </span></b><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">The functions of the Authority are to advise Central Government, Local </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Government and statutory bodies on all public procurement and <span style="letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">disposal policies, principles and practices"</span></span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 9.6pt 2.15pt 0pt 32.9pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -19.7pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">21.0 It </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">was therefore also erroneous for the Evaluation Committee to seek the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">guidance of the Solicitor General on this matter instead of the PPDA Authority. All these actions appear to have been done to push Motor care's bid through at all </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-font-width: 89%;">costs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 34.55pt 0in 0pt 13.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">22.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether there was loss of government funds.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.55pt 1.9pt 0pt 47.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">22.1.1 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">The contract agreement signed between the Government of Uganda and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 86%;">Motorcare (U) Ltd provided that the motor cycles would be inspected at the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">production stage by the procuring entity before shipment. The Ministry officials who went to Germany to inspect the production of the motor cycles did not see the units as they had already been shipped. Motorcare (U) Ltd further omitted to provide the inspection team with production data which was also a condition </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-font-width: 91%;">in the contract.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 33.85pt 1.7pt 0pt 47.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">22.1.2 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">There was therefore no value for money in the inspection visit to Germany. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">The fact that the Motorcycles to be inspected had left the production line and would not be verified was known by Motocare (U) Ltd before the travel to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 85%;">Munich. They should have disclosed the same to the MOWT as good practice </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">so that the Procurement entity could make an informed decision whether to go or not. As a result of the futile trip the Government of Uganda suffered a <span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">financial loss of Shs. 14,607,000= </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 34.1pt 0in 0pt 48.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: -35.3pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">22.1.3 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 89%;">Further more the fact that the Government of Uganda dealt with Motor care (U) Ltd meant that the Government incurred additional costs as a result of the</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 25.7pt 0in 0pt 2.65pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal;">25</span></div></div><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></i><br />
<div class="WordSection21"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 34.8pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 81%;">21.1.2 For avoidance of doubt Section 41 1) e) provides that "//? </span></b><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-font-width: 81%;">the course of an </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">investigation or proceedings into or relating to an offence by any </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">person employed by any public body under this Act, the Director of </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">Public Prosecutions or the Inspector General of Government may not </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">withstanding anything in any other written law to the contrary by </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">written notice require the Minister responsible for any department^ </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">office or establishment of the Government or the President, </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.55pt;">Chairperson, manager or Chief executive officer of any public body or </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the secretary, manager or principal officer of any company or <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">association or body of persons whether incorporated or not, or a </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">partner in any partnership to produce or furnish , as specified in the notice, any document or certified copy of any document which is in </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.6pt;">his or her possession or his or her control"</span></span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 458.9pt 0in 0pt 195.35pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">27</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25pt;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-font-width: 102%;">22.0<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CONCLUSION</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 34.8pt 2.15pt 0pt 35.05pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 89%;">22.1.1 The Government of Uganda did not get value for money in the procurement of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">motorcycles. The entire procurement process was a sham and Motorcare (U) Ltd was guided throughout the entire process to become the eventual winner </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; mso-font-width: 92%;">of the tender.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 34.1pt 2.15pt 0pt 35.05pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.8pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">22.1.2 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">Motorcare (U) Ltd breached the terms of the contract and caused the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">Government of Uganda to incur a financial loss sh 14,607,000 in the costs of sending an inspection team to Germany well knowing that the vehicles had already been shipped contrary to Section 20 (1) of the Anti Corruption Act </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">2009.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 22.1pt 2.15pt 0pt 35.05pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">22.1.3 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">Motorcare's action of presenting themselves as dealers of BMW caused the Government of Uganda to incur an extra 539,440 Euros in additional costs for </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 86%;">the Motorcycle's which could have been avoided if the Government had dealt </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">directly with Kjaer Group Denmark. They performed these actions contrary to Section 20 (1) of the Anti Corruption Act 2009.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 22.3pt 0in 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">22.1.4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">For avoidance of doubt, Section 20 (1) of the Anti Corruption Act 2009 establishes the offence of causing financial loss. It provides thus </span></em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">"Any person </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal;">employed by the Government, a bank, a credit institution, an <span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">insurance company or public body, who in the performance of his or </span>her duties, does any act or omits to do any act knowing or having <span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">reason to believe that such act or omission will cause financial loss to </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">the Government, bank, credit institution, insurance company, public body or customer of a bank or credit institution commits the offence </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">of causing financial loss"</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 2.4pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">22.1.5<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tendering process for the BMW Outrider motorcycles was riddled with </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 86%;">influence peddling, and high handedness of officials within the Cabinet Sub </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">Committee who pre-planned and orchestrated the procurement that resulted in Motorcare (U) Ltd as the eventual winner of the bid.</span></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.55pt 2.4pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">22.1.6<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The contradictory statements made by the officials of Mashariki point to the </span><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 87%;">fact that there were some underhand events that could have caused the </span></em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">withdrawal of Mashariki from the procurement process to leave only Motorca're as a sole bidder.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.1pt; margin: 23.5pt 2.15pt 0pt 35.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.55pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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His actions contravened the PPDA Act and were therefore arbitrary and prejudicial to the interests of the Government of Uganda contrary to Section 11 (1) of the Anti Corruption Act.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 22.8pt 2.4pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -35.05pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">22.1.8 </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 87%;">The Vice President, Prof Gilbert Bukenya in abuse of his office and authority arbitrarily usurped the role of the Contracts Committee of the Ministry of works in affirming Motor care (U) Ltd as a sole bidder. His actions were also prejudicial to the interests of the Government of Uganda contrary to Section 11 </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">(1) of the Anti Corruption Act.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.65pt; margin: 34.3pt 0in 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">22.1.9 </span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">For the avoidance of doubt, Section 11 (1) of the Anti Corruption Act establishes the offence of Abuse of office. It provides that </span><em><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-font-width: 88%;">"A person who, </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">being employed in a public body or a company in which the <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Government has shares, does or directs to be done an arbitrary act </span>prejudicial to the interests of his or her employer or of any other person, in abuse of the authority of his or her office, commits an <span style="letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">offence..</span></span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.9pt; margin: 23.75pt 2.65pt 0pt 35.05pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: -34.3pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">22.1.10 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 88%;">Mr. Lars Bjerre of Motorcare (U) Ltd without reasonable excuse refused to comply with the directions given by the IGG to produce documents required by the Inspectorate for evidential purposes. 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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-31833337266169408102011-05-31T08:16:00.000-07:002011-05-31T08:16:33.452-07:00Tracing Bukenya, Besigye and Catholic Church troubles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Former Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya is already facing the music just days after he was dismissed. The Inspector General of Government, Raphael Baku has indicted the former Mahogany of corruption related charges.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Prof. Bukenya is accused of pilfering money meant for motorcycles for Chogm. On the surface, it looks a real fight against the vice that many Ugandans have come to hate though it persists in their midst. Some say the newly appointed Prime Minister is using the case to settle some personal beef with the lovely Professor of Medicine because he once called him [Mbabazi] a mafia. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On a lighter note, Prof. Bukenya was reputed in administering love therapy to beautiful ladies as well as good medicine to ailing patients. He dropped the latter but maintained the former trait.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back to serious business. Although Bukenya has issues with Amama Mbabazi who apparently is using his former bag boy [ Baku] to get at the fired VP, the issues run deeper than that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My investigation reveals that the war against Bukenya has to do with America and the Catholic Church's perceived interests to depose President Museveni.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Those in power believe that the American President Barack Obama has no love for Museveni. They believe that Obama is using Rwanda to undermine the Kampala establishment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They also believe that the Catholic Church is working clandestinely to throw out the Museveni hegemony.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">According to sources, Museveni is angry with the Church but because of its power, he has limited choices in confronting it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The intelligence tell him that the Catholic Church is the conduit for FDC President Col. Dr Kizza Besigye's finances. They believe that there is a secret account at Centenary Bank through which funds to finance Besigye are channelled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The security have tried to establish how the FDC man gets the cash but failed. They have narrowed it down to the Catholic Church.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to Besigye, the operatives also believe that DP President Nobert Mao gets funds from the Catholic Church.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In their thinking, Obama is trying all means to use Rwanda and the Catholic Church to start a rebel outfit against the Kampala regime. For long, Ugandan intelligence have taken the line that Rwanda is haboring a rebel group against Uganda.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IT is also speculated that Uganda is also nursing anti-Kigali plans. In fact some attribute Paul Kagame's failure to attend Museveni's swearing in to a planned coup against Kagame back home. Had Kagame travelled to Kampala, sources say, a coup could have erupted back home. This is also blamed on Kampala regime. The two regimes are on a love-hate relationship.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That is why May 24, 2011, the Internal Security Organisation sent an operative to a meeting of CARITAS, a Catholic NGO. The meeting was supposedly to take place in Kigali on May 25. According to ISO, this meeting on Regional Peace and Justice Forum was focused on how to support Opposition parties in Uganda and Kenya.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">An operatve was quickly dispatched to Kigali. Sources say that he was accessed to the meeting by one of the Nuns from Kenya who is a mole for the Ugandan government.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Bukenya troubles</strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While the former VP has genuine corruption charges, my sources say that alone would not have led to his prosecution. He is also suspected of being too close to the Catholic Church, therefore, could become dangerous to the regime if Obama pushes his interests. The idea is to have some criminal charges hanging around him such that if need to incarcerate him arises, it then becomes easy to invoke the corruption charges.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Below read the ISO communication regarding the CARITAS meeting. ISO boss Col. Ronnie Balya personally authorised the infiltration of the meeting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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However, Mafabi's expression of interest for Speaker was a political move that has helped us to answer two questions: Do we really have independent MPs in parliament? And are Opposition MPs really united or some of them are NRM moles?<br />
His candidature has atleast proved that the Opposition is united but the independents are NRM fellows trying to sit on the fence.<br />
In the new parliament, NRM has 274 MPs inclusive of 10 army representatives. The FDC has 34, UPC 10, DP12, CP 1 and JEEMA 1. In total, the Opposition has 58 MPs. Independents are 43.<br />
Nandala got 57 votes while Odonga Otto, also an FDC figure who vied for deputy Speaker got 58 votes. Nandala would have also got 58 but M Reagan Okumu delayed to arrive in Parliament as he was held up in Kasangati where he had gone to see party boss Dr Kizza Besigye who had been literally put under house arrest.<br />
So, if the Opposition are only 58, it would mean that no Independent MP voted Opposition candidates. And non of the so called rebel MPs also voted an Opposition candidate. In this group of the so called rebels are Henry Banyenzaki, Theodore Ssekikubo, Wilfred Niwagaba, Barnabas Tinkasimire, Chris Baryomunsi and others.<br />
But the voting for Speaker was truly informative. It depicts the nature of our politicians. Some are accused of being moles while others simply follow where the money is. And the majority think no one can see through their lies and manipulation even its obvious to even village gossipers. The election of Speaker put facts bare for all to see.<br />
If the so called NRM rebels really believed that their party has excesses and if they really believe that the Opposition has a role to play in a democracy, how come that none of them voted any Opposition candidate?<br />
One would not be entirely wrong to infer that some of the so called NRM rebels were simply assigned a different role by their party boss to disorganise the Opposition. If they espoused good governance they usually rant about in the media, they would have shown it in their voting.<br />
And do we even need to call some MPs Independent? Can it be a coincidence that all the 43 independent MPs voted NRM candidates?<br />
Again, no one would be chastised if he/she refered to Independent MPs as disgruntled NRM MPs or rather hypocrites and opportunists trying to use parliament to pick some perks from President Museveni.<br />
Surely, there should have been one or two truly independent MPs who should have seen that Nandala or Odonga Otto had some qualities to run parliament. Instead, the masqaraders opted to appease the ruling party.<br />
I may be wrong but the Independents are going to be dangerous to Uganda's democratisation process if we go by what happened during the election of Speaker. Its unfathomable that all 43 people sided with the NRM party. Really? They are going to use their numbers to blackmail NRM and get financial rewards. They have got political power but have no class. Despicable chaps those ones!<br />
I hold the view that Uganda's problem is not NRM numbers per se but lack of honesty and elementary moral values in our body politic. It can only get worse with rebels and Independents of the type we have.<br />
The only ray of hope is the unity that the Opposition [usually chided as disorganised] showed. If that continued despite the small numbers. , then Museveni is in for hard times.<br />
The election of Speaker, I hope, should have driven a point to them that the NRM rebels need to be treated with suspicion and the Independents with scorn. They [rebels and Independents] dance to NRM tune in secret and pretend to hate it in the open. <br />
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Alice Alaso is facing hard time becoming leader of Opposition. Despite her loyalty to Dr Kizza Besigye, other party members have different thoughts. Ms Alaso, the Secretary General of FDC had tried to influence Besigye to appoint LOP but the retired Colonel insists on an election to determine who replaces Prof. Ogenga Latigo. Ms Alaso is not at home with several MPs. <br />
Former UPC Iron lady Cecelia Ogwal, an MP with a wealth of political experience, is in contention but her age is a disservice, according to her detractors. Abdu Katuntu was once in the running but is silent these days. That leaves Patrick Amuriat, Nandala Mafabi and Kassiano Wadri as contenders. But Nandala's advisers think he is better as PAC chairman owing to his head on approach in dealing with government thieves.<br />
One only prays that the election of LOP doesnt drive a wedge into the FDC and the Opposition.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-53719448948054396022011-05-06T06:52:00.000-07:002011-05-06T06:52:19.369-07:00Norwegian foreign minister to meet Museveni, Opposition over demosNowergian minister for international development Eric Solheim will be in Kampala on Tuesday for talks with President Museveni over the brutality meted out to Opposition demonstrators during the walk-to-work campaign.<br />
Sources in Norway say that images showing the government brutality have sent shock waves to the Scandinavian country that cherishes democracy and human rights.<br />
Mr Solheim who will first visit Sudan and Burundi before jetting into Kampala told the Norwegians back home last week that their Ambassador to Kampala had told President Yoweri Museveni that it was unacceptable to treat walk-to -work demonstrators the way the Police and soldiers did.<br />
Opposition FDC President Dr Kizza Besigye who is now nursing injuries in a Nairobi hospital was brutalised, his car smashed and scores of people including a two year child killed in cold blood.<br />
Ugandans are protesting the government inaction in the wake of the rising inflation. The protests are also a culmination of unabted theft of public resources that has left social infrastructure nonfunctional.<br />
According to my Norwegian sources, "during the meeting, Solheim will discuss [the unrest] with President Museveni, Opposition leaders and later meet the media."<br />
Although the Norwegian government has not yet considered sanctions against the NRM regime, sources say increased abuse of human rights could force a discussion to that direction in the near future.<br />
Norway is trying to get involved in Uganda's oil industry and that could delay their harsh decisions on the Kampala regime.<br />
It also funds the environment sector in the country besides giving advise on how to build an oil industry.<br />
Norwegians are world example in using oil for the benefit of the citizens through transparency and accountabliity of every dollar got from oil sale.<br />
Recently, a Norwegian diplomat was among those that visited Dr Besigye in jail in Nakasongola raising alot of noise from the government that the diplomats had not sought clearance from the Foreign affairs ministry. They threatened action but appear to have realised that they are powerless to confront the diplomats yet images clearly showed the regime's shamelessness.<br />
Apparently, the diplomats wrote back home exposing the brutality of the Museveni led regime.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When the walk-to-walk protests started, President Museveni was a very disturbed person. He was unsure of which direction the protests would take. Then his intelligence briefed him that the Opposition had actually planned to converge at City Square [ Constitutional Square] with thousands of supporters to demand that he leaves power or a re-election be conducted.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">According to the brief, if the Opposition gathered at the city, the donors would then dissuade the government from dispersing them because they were peaceful and more so, it was their right to protest. Several civil society organisations would then ferry in food and other necessities to the protestors in form of humanitarian aid. This, according to intelligence, would make the Opposition pitch camp for as long as they could. If that happened, there was no way Museveni would continue ruling the country when thousands were protesting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It pained him so much that such a move had been mooted against him. He was shaken or terrified by the possibility of losing power to civilian protests yet he had earlier boasted the he was holding grip on the military and that no one would take over power from him.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">His immediate response was not to allow the demonstrators to access the city center. The President was always on phone with the IGP Gen. Kale Kayihura, Gen. David Tinyefunza, the Coordinator of Intelligence Services, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, the Chief of Defence Forces, Lt. Col. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Commander of Special Forces Group and his Brother Gen. Salim Saleh.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Commanders fight each other</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At first, the job of quelling the demos was left under Gen. Kayihura who consulted the President constantly and literally took instructions from him. You could see at the start that Kayihura’s boys were dominant in the operations. However, the situation lasted longer than they security chiefs had anticipated. Col. Kizza Besigye injected momentum and courage into the demonstrations. Intelligence started feeding the President with the information that Rwanda’s Paul Kagame was morale boosting Besigye. They also said the US and Britain backed the FDC man. This information created more panic in the President.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">While he was panicking, his lieutenants also degenerated into their old personal wars of supremacy. A section told the President that Gen. Kayihura was not handling the demos properly especially when he started ferrying the Opposition politicians arrested in new police vans. They had wanted them carried in pick-ups and humiliated so that others get discouraged.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sensing the infighting among his dogs like Napoleon’s dogs in Animal Farm, the President elevated his son Col. Muhoozi to take charge.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The subsequent operations were actually commanded by Muhoozi. The police only remained to give the job, a face. Museveni fell short of announcing that the army had taken control. His fear was to announce army control yet his swearing in is due on May 12. It would appear that he was taking over government under military rule.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">So, the regular police officers were left in charge but mainly as mere spectators as Special Forces; CMI and JATT operatives took control of quelling the demos. These groups were not uniformed but heavily armed with sophisticated weapons.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">They had been instructed to use maximum force; in fact they were licensed to kill. Remember that in the first two days of the demonstrations, there were no reported incidents of death but when the military elements took charge, scores of people were murdered.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">While Gen. Kayihura bellowed instructions to his field officers and also updated the President, the President was giving different instructions to other commanders. That is why during the protests; the regular police are usually the first to arrive at the scene. They usually negotiate with the demonstrators. But the military guys also deployed in civilian attire, relay information to their command posts from where they get instructions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s usually the guys in civilian attire who have the final say on what to be done. Gilbert Arinaitwe is one such a fellow. Although deployed in police, he is attached to JATT.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When he arrived at the scene in Mulago round- about where Grace Turyagumanawe had stopped Besigye, Arinaitwe straightaway kicked Besigye’s car before he used his pistol. Another man in the hood arrived with a hammer and also hit Besigye’s car.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sources say that these guys were dispatched specifically to inflict pain on Besigye. They were not part of Turyagumanawe’s team. Their instructions were to get Besigye by all means. Museveni's worry with Besigye is that the retired Colonel is gaining cultic poltical support and proving difficult to be dealt with. The radicals want to eliminate the Colonel but moderates worry of the repercussions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The purpose of the hammer was to try to hit Besigye’s car locks to force them to open. And the spray was to force them out of the car. Intelligence sources say that police had no idea that Besigye would lock himself in the car, therefore; they could not have carried a hammer. It’s the bosses in the background, who ordered the Special Forces to drag the man out forcefully.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Apparently, the army has literally taken charge of management of demonstrations. In this case, the army means the SFG commanded by Col. Muhoozi. In every police patrol car, there is an SFG person, JATT, CMI, military police and two police officers. But all of them wear police uniform to disguise as regular police officers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Experts argue that in essence, Special Forces are in control of the police. Recently, Museveni announced that he would be guarded by police as stipulated by the Constitution but sources say his guards will be police officers only in uniform but Special Forces in content.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Intelligence reshuffled</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After being beaten by the Opposition move, President Museveni ordered a reshuffle of intelligence operatives in Kampala; the reason being that some of them had become known to the public; therefore, unable to detect the Opposition strategies. Secondly, some of them reportedly had girlfriends all over the city. These operatives have been deployed in far flung districts and new ones deployed in the city. The idea here is to try to intensify clandestine operations so as to get to know the Opposition plans in advance and nip them in the bud.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Police on Opium</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Most police officers in mobile pick-up have resorted to taking drugs especially Opium in order to gather the courage to confronts civilians whom most of them reportedly see as innocent but because of orders from above, they have to do the job. In Nakulabye, not far from the city center, several police pick-up vehicles usually pull up at Shell fuel station near the round-about. They park their cars in the station and walk down to the nearby market. They usually appear at around 9 am. According to sources, these security officials have a joint in the market where they buy the<i> Njaga </i>[opium] to sniff before they embark on a day’s work. This information is known to several people who have witnessed the police visit the area to buy the drugs. Apparently, they have got addicted to it because it enables them unleash terror on the civilians without remorse. Some of them reportedly confess that they can’t do what they do when they are normal. So next time you are stopped by these officers, don’t think you are talking to ordinary police officers. After taking the Njaga, their eyes turn red and their appetite to torture grows. That is why you witness the brutality that sometimes their bosses also wonder why their officers go overboard. They are boosted by Opium.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Arrests continue</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As they intensify intelligence gathering, the army is also conducting massive arrests in the suburbs of the city. They are picking young men they suspect to be ringleaders during the demonstrations. The arrests are targeted at Opposition supporters. As you read this, several young man are languishing in military detention centers especially Makindye military barracks and RRU headquarters in Kireka. Sadly, most of these young men are innocent but the state is arresting them in order to deny the walk to-to work protestors the necessary input of these vibrant boys. Apparently they are to be detained until the state feels the walk-to-walk campaign is no longer a threat. The illegal detention is to also wear down the young men such that they abandon the Opposition. Some of earmarked ringleaders undergo torture. Those who surrender will be released and turned spies against the Opposition.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The same kind of arrests targeted at Opposition youth are taking place in other earmarked towns like Mbale, Gulu, Jinja, Mukono and Masaka.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">During the riots that followed the rumour that Dr Besigye had died of torture by the military, several young men were mercilessly killed by the military men. Some of them were reportedly immediately picked up and their bodies confiscated to avoid the public getting to know. Some of the nosy relatives are under threat and are reportedly being paid compensation. This is a matter that requires urgent investigation by independent organs and the state. Internal Affairs minister Kirunda Kivejinja announced that only two people had been killed yet journalists counted at least five. It’s said that the numbers are higher than the journalists and the state are saying.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">But from a man who was in panic at the beginning, Museveni is said to affording a smile now because the military mainly under his son, has taken charge of the situation. For now he is settled that at least no one even within the military can use the excuse of the demonstrations to turn the gun against him. 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And perhaps you might not blame them. The fish rots from the head first.<br />
So, the office of the Inspector General of Government seems to be rotting away, begining at the head.<br />
Just recently, the IGG Raphael Baku earned Shs8million per month. This was revised to Shs17million. But Mr Baku was not amused. He demanded another revision to Shs24million. This demand was provoked by the Finance ministry letter to the IGG indicating that another money would be released to cater for the wage bill.<br />
While Baku had earlier given himself 100 percent salary rise while other officials got 30 percent, the big man has decided not to increase any other employee's salary. Reason? The Permanent Secretary, Mr Waiswa Bageya refused to grant his salary rise from Shs17million to Shs24million.<br />
Mr Waiswa declined to increase Baku's pay saying that he would find it difficult to account for that increment. Besides, Waiswa said the salary increase should be for the officials who had missed out earlier.<br />
Realising that he wasnt going to get his way, Mr Baku ruled that no salary increment should be made to any other official. Mr Waiswa is now worried for his job as his boss has reportedly opened a war against him over salary increment.<br />
To make this directive look reasonable, Mr Baku said that instead of increasing salaries for other officials, he would instead recruit more staff oestensibly to ease the workload.<br />
What is bizzare is that even the available staff are most times idle. Sources say senior staff keep leaving IGG over poor pay yet Mr Baku now prefers new recruits who lack experience. When they gain experience, they also get disgruntled over poor pay.<br />
According to my investigations, work at the IGG office is paralised because the staff morale is low.<br />
To make matters worse, Mr Baku has also ordered the scrapping of medical, food ration and housing allowances for staff. These allownces used to be consolidated into the payslip.<br />
In addition to the lack of allowances, Mr Baku is accused of playing divide and rule methods of administration.<br />
He has reportedly deliberately made the directorate of operations ineffective. Instead, he has preffered to empower the directorate of investigations whose mandate is supervision of regional offices.<br />
Sources say Mr Baku infact wants to abolish the directorate of Operations.<br />
Because the directorate of investigations is now favoured, it is overwhelmed with work.<br />
Tribalism is now being cited in Mr Baku's move. The directorate of investigations is headed by Muzamiru Abon, his tribesmate while Mr James Penywii, an Acholi, heads Operations.<br />
The confusion in the IGG office has been accelarated by a World Bank deal. The bank gave the IGG a contract to monitor NUSAFII projects in northern Uganda. Ten vehicles were bought to facilitate the monitoring but instead of giving them to Operations which asked for them, Mr Baku allocated them to investigations.<br />
It is said that Mr Baku is trying to get any penny from his office to the extent that he has now become a globe trotter. Parliament approved a IGG budget for training but sources say Mr Baku has tried all his best to ensure that he alone benefits. He is so rare in office that the plane has become his toy. Sources say the IGG personally travels abroad even on a trip that required a junior official. He has now been nicknamed a commuter.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-12560880754789738912011-04-21T04:50:00.000-07:002011-04-21T04:55:54.656-07:00Museveni's next move is hereThe violent protests that have punctuated the arrest of Opposition FDC party President can only show you one thing: Museveni is increasingly exposing his nasty side that, for the last two and half decades, was concealed from the larger public.<br />
The shooting and indiscriminate torture of civilians by the combined forces of Police and military, is only the begining of gross violation of civil liberties in Uganda.<br />
While the world never paid attention to early signs of Mr Museveni's plan to suffocate democracy and economic progress in Uganda, it was evident that the man was building himself as the Emperor.<br />
This is how he did it: promote sectarianism and corruption.<br />
The walk-to-work protests that have now brought to the fore, Museveni's violent nature, were an accumulation of the consequences of a corrupt leadership.<br />
President Museveni deliberately promoted corruption [ he one time said as long as the thieves invest their loot in the country, he had no problem] to create a class of people who would be loyal to him.<br />
Remember that worldwide, regimes use corrupt people to promote their interests. If you are clean, Museveni's government would not find it fun working with.<br />
So, the corruption that was deliberately nurtured in Uganda, was aimed at removing resources from the ordinary people so that they can be controlled. <br />
Social services had to be destroyed so that the citizenry rely on the few rich criminal capitalists. Call it patronage.<br />
While narrowing the citizens participation in the economy, Museveni clandestinely promoted sectarianism.<br />
First, his regime divided the country into Northerners [ East and North regions] and Southerners mainly Western region. Buganda was then seen as friendly to the Westerners.<br />
This approach worked well in the begining as majority Westerners saw the suffering of the people of the North and East as a deserved punishment.<br />
A few Baganda were given access to the state resources but a few Westerners largely benefited.<br />
Since the interest of Museveni was personal wealth and power, it slowly started to manifest that he could not sustain the north and South divide.The emergence of Paul Ssemogerere to stand against him in 1996, began the isolation of Buganda as well. Museveni propagandists started saying the rest of the country hated Westerners because they were the ones in power. For sometime, this worked. The West returned higher vote perecentages for Museveni.<br />
However, it was not just about Museveni loving the West. He was actually using the West to sustain his personal interests.<br />
This came to the fore after 2001 when Col. Kizza Besigye, a westerner, contested against Museveni. It rubbed him badly. Museveni was agitated so much that he percieved Besigye as a saboteur.<br />
But Besigye's emergence helped the rest of the country understand that the West that they thought benefited from Museveni rule was actually not together with Museveni.<br />
A section of westerners especially Bakiga [ Besigye's tribe] were also now treated with suspicion. And because Museveni's weapon against Ugandans who speak out againts him is mainly economic starvation, the Bakiga also felt the segregation. This was more manifest in security jobs.<br />
Slowly but surely, the West began to feel they were not the insiders they had perceived themselves to be.<br />
The Banyoro, Batooro, Bafumbira and Bakongo also began to see themselves like Easterners and northerners distanced from Museveni's dining table.<br />
While this development was not openly discussed because Museveni would unleash security on anyone who dared, the feeling grew in the west that although all westerners were equal, some were more equal than others.<br />
This left Museveni silently resented. He tried to build his scheme now around the Banyankole. Soon, the Banyankole actually realised that it was the Bahima who were in the inner circle. The reason is that wrongdoers are usually comfortable dealing with people they trust. They are always suspicious of those they see as outsiders.<br />
But even among the Bahima, there are murmurs that only those from Museveni's clan were drinking the milk like the pigs in Animal Farm.<br />
Note that the people got to realise Museveni's scheme after they saw social infrastructure decay and life getting harder for the ordinary people yet whoever was closer to Museveni, enjoyed luxury. They owned huge businesses. Some run them on behalf of the First Family.<br />
The continous revealation of who Museveni truly is, has left the President irritable. He has noticed that the whole economy rotates around him and his kith and keen. Anger against him has accumulated.<br />
He is trying as much to suffocate any voice that speaks contrary to his.<br />
So, when you see Mambas and all sorts of sophisticated ammunition uleashed on unarmed civilians, its just the begining of trouble.<br />
As Museveni fails to fix the economy [ largely because he benefits from a distorted one], he is going to become more vicious. The last stage of his dictatorship will be open killing of anyone who opposes him.<br />
Dont be suprised one day to hear people are being shot by boda boda riders or are being picked in their houses and never to be traced. He will reach a stage of not hiding anything. That is what dictators do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8990561397129902354.post-83791271969388691062011-04-21T03:57:00.000-07:002011-04-21T03:57:32.126-07:00First Family divided over new CabinetAs the Opposition politicians shake the ruling government with their walk-to-work campaign, the First Family is more concerned about who gets what in the next Cabinet.<br />
My investigation shows that the President is trying to put together his new Cabinet but he is facing challenges from within. The biggest challenge is how to accommodate the interests of his own people.<br />
Apparently, Yoweri Museveni is having hard time with his wife Janet who is also State minister for the poverty ridden Karamoja sub region.<br />
Sources say that Ms Janet and her children, have given Mr Museveni one thing to note while naming the new Cabinet: Avoid people who have stolen state resources in the name of the First Family.<br />
It is said that Janet and her children including Lt. Col. Muhoozi Kainerugaba and the sons-in-law, want Museveni to abandon some of his long time political allies arguing that they have reportedly used the First Family to do dirty things and get away with it.<br />
The family is pushing Museveni to sack all of them using the pretext of the Chogm report which implicated them.<br />
Among those Janet and family are eyeing to be dropped from Cabinet include Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa, Works boss John Nasasira, Security minister Amama Mbabazi and Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya. According to sources, Janet reportedly wants her husband to get a new calibre of politicians to work with but Mr Museveni has reportdedly asked the family to allow him return some of the ministers to Cabinet at least for two years then he drops them in the reshuffle.<br />
Sources say that Museveni is scared of dropping the said politicians because they know alot of secrets about him. Although Janet's reasoning is that many of the ministers were doing dirty things and go away with it in the name of being close to the First Family, some say she has no choice but to work with the said ministers because, they, indeed helped the First Family in one way or the other.<br />
Analysts are particulary concerned as to why Janet would urge her husband to drop Mr Kutesa whose daughter is married to Col. Muhoozi. Kutesa is also seen by many as the man who has educated Janet on how to do business. Speculation is that the two could have disagreed on a business deal.<br />
Janet. Mr Kutesa is a seasoned businessman and politician both hated and loved in equal measure who is not shy to make his cash but never meddles in funny political wars like most NRM cadres do.<br />
Like Kutesa, Mr Nasasira is also viewed as close to the First Family but political maneuvers against him have of recent intensified. Sources say if he is to remain in Cabinet, he should be given a docket outside works.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0