A Nigerian poverty female minister ‘had 19million British pounds in several of her bank accounts:
18 April, 2024
By World Media
A corruption investigation into a suspended Nigerian minister whose job is to help poverty-stricken people has recovered £19 million from more than 50 bank accounts, a financial watchdog has alleged.
Betta Edu, the humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation minister, has been suspended since January over the alleged diversion of £505,000 of public money into a personal bank account.
Nigeria’s economic and financial crimes commission has now said that after six weeks investigating the ministry, it had found “many angles” to examine, the BBC reported.
Ola Olukoyede, the commission chairman, told the latest edition of the agency’s newsletter: “As it is now, we are investigating over 50 bank accounts that we have traced money into.
“That is no child’s play. That’s a big deal.”
President Bola Tinubu in early January ordered “a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transaction”, and officials suspended several government aid programmes.
At the time Dr Edu, 37, denied any wrongdoing. Her office said she had approved the transfer into a personal account, which was not in her name, but said it was for the “implementation of grants to vulnerable groups”.
The recovered money had already been transferred to government coffers, Mr Olukoyede said, but warned that the investigation could be lengthy.
He said: “We are exploring so many discoveries that we have stumbled upon in our investigation.
“If it is about seeing people in jail, well let them wait, everything has a process to follow.”
Nigerians complain that Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country remains plagued by corruption, despite regular government vows to clean it up.
The country in 2023 scored 25 on Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
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6 November, 2023
Bya Tonny Kayemba
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The Judiciary worker, Mr Kisambira doesn't regret murder-suicide threats as junior workers in Uganda receive petty wages compared to their senior workers:
By World Media
Stanley Kisambira (R) talking to the media
Judiciary driver Stanley Kisambira whose audio clips in which he threatened to commit murder-suicide so as to kill a judge and his bodyguard has responded to the permanent secretary who gave him only five days to defend himself.
In a defense written by his lawyers from the Centre for Legal Aid, Kisambira says he doesn't regret his statements and has asked the judiciary PS Dr Pius Bigirimana to cease from further absurdity.
Kisambira, a driver of Mbale High court judge Godfrey Namundi can be heard in the audio clips complaining about salary disparities in the judiciary for drivers and expressing his dissatisfaction with earning Shs 200,000 since joining the justice system in 2008.
In the same clip, Kisambira is heard saying he is very annoyed, disgusted and can even ram into a stationary vehicle and kill a principal, bodyguard, and himself - three people at once which is more painful compared to a bodyguard who only kills one principal. This was in reference to the recent murder of the state minister of Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations by his own bodyguard Wilson Sabiiti.
In a May 16 letter, Bigirimana accused Kisambira of misconduct, saying he would have used the right means as provided for under the public service standing orders as a public servant, other than running to social media to address his grievances.
"Inciting violence and threatening to intentionally cause an accident is unprofessional, criminal and punishable in the strongest terms. In addition, uttering false information that you are only paid Shs 200,000 contravenes section F-r of the public service standing orders."
As such, Bigirimana asked Kisambira in the letter to explain his act of gross misconduct within five days of receipt of this letter. Failure to do this, Bigirimana threatened to subject Kisambira to disciplinary measures including dismissal from the judiciary.
But in response, Kisambira's lawyers say that it was premature for Bigirimana who is also the judiciary's accounting officer to convict him of gross misconduct.
"Further to yours HC/P 10701 dated 16 May 2023, prematurely convicting our client of gross misconduct” and threatening to subject him to “further disciplinary measures including dismissal from the judiciary service,” we are instructed to reply as follows," reads the one-paged letter response.
The letter adds: "With great respect, your indecorously worded missive was not only premature and misconceived, but has also brought the judiciary service into disrepute."
According to Kisambira's lawyers, their client accepts no liability whatsoever for the contents or circulation of the audio clip at issue.
"A private communication, it contains protected political opinion and does not reasonably imply what you allege (incitement to violence, threatening accidents, uttering false information, etc).... as you rightly stated, our client did the right thing to express his dissatisfaction." reads the letter.
According to the Centre for Legal Aid, Bigirimana's reference to section p–b of the Uganda Public Service Standing Orders 2021 which talks about the procedure for conducting government, is plainly disingenuous and hereby "denounced, with contempt".
"You stretched the interpretation of that section by falsely implying that the alleged audio clip was an “official correspondence…which came into the possession of our client in the course of his official duties...Please cease and desist from further absurdity," advises the letter.
The lawyers further indicate that Kisambira enjoys what they have described as absolute immunity under the law to freely express his dissatisfaction in a peaceful manner, without fear of retaliation or victimization by his employer or the state.
"Take further notice that pursuant to sections 6(1) and 75(g) of the Employment Act 2006, you are barred from targeting an employee's political opinion as the reason for dismissal or imposition of a disciplinary penalty," adds the response.
To support their response, the lawyers have quoted several laws that they say Bigirimana as accounting officer of the judiciary should have looked upon before writing to Kisambira. They say the public service regulations on code of conduct further bars him from implementing any disciplinary procedure before the completion of proper investigations.
Accordingly, they have asked Bigirimana to terminate what they have described as a travesty of justice, and immediately provide Kisambira a decent package of appropriate interventions to address his dissatisfaction.
Following the audios by Kisambira, he was arrested and detained at Kampala Central police station for two days but he was later released on police bond.
Sources in police said that he had to be released because it was not right in their view to take him to court simply because he had talked about his grievances and that the best solution is for the judiciary to review his salary.
On social media platforms, Kisambira has been hailed as brave for exposing the low salaries of judiciary rank-and-file members. A fundraising campaign has been initiated to support Kisambira in obtaining legal representation and welfare.
The campaign encourages donations, emphasizing Kisambira's role as a whistleblower who spoke out about the exploitation of the judiciary. The flyer states, "Kisambira is ready to be punished or sacked but won't be silenced."
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It is a very good debate that is going on especially for the workers' pay in this country just after the recent celebration of the International Workers' Day on 1st May, 2023.
Apart from that African politics of Uganda National Resistance Movement, the workers day celebrations were about a living wage.
The Union members and their struggles all over the world have their International Workers Movement. Eight-hour day movement that advocated 8 hours work for any worker. 8 hours recreation. And 8 hours rest.
One cannot see any wrong with this worker discussing about his small wages as compared to the wages of some of the African workers who are very rich multi-millionaires in this country!
IN UGANDA, THERE SHOULD BE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN AFRICAN SOCIAL WELFARE:
The Inspector General of Government, Ms. Kamya has decided to audit the lifestyle lives of government officials so that she can be able to arrest corrupt officials:
24 October, 2021
By Shabibah Nakirigya
The new Inspector General of Government, Ms Beti Kamya. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA
The Summary
IGG Beti Kamya said her vision is to quickly reverse the massive theft in public offices by making citizens know that the cost of corruption is why they cannot have the services they pay for.
The office of Inspector General of Government (IGG) plans to adopt lifestyle audit to catch corrupt public officials in the next five years.
IGG Beti Kamya said her vision is to quickly reverse the massive theft in public offices by making citizens know that the cost of corruption is why they cannot have the services they pay for.
“We want to exhibit the faces of corruption in every classroom, living room place of worship, entertainment and every bedroom so that everybody can recognise it,” she said.
Ms Kamya, who was meeting the European Union (EU) delegation led by Ambassador Attilio Pacifici in Kampala on Thursday, cited the case of multi-billion property confiscated by the court from Geoffrey Kazinda and forfeited to government.
Ms Kamya said in the lifestyle audit, the IGG would push for even primary school children to recognise illicit wealth at home and ask their parents whether their salary can afford the new expensive car, luxurious houses, overseas schools and holidays they enjoy abroad.
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“We want teachers in posh schools to give home work to their 10-year-olds in 5th Grade to write down their fathers name, place of work, job title, and car they drive and its cost, a picture of their houses and discuss it openly in class,” she said.
Ms Kamya said she also wants adults and children to start being embarrassed and ashamed of their unexplainable wealth.
“We value our engagement with the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah and ask for support to rally MPs in the fight and we intend to engage the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice and the Leader of Opposition in Parliament,” she added.
Findings
Ms Kamya said preliminary findings show that Uganda is losing Shs20 trillion annually to corruption, which totals our entire annual revenue collection from taxes.
“It is criminal that poor Ugandan break their backs to work and pay taxes, but very few people take it all for themselves to live luxurious lifestyle and have massive wealth that they cannot consume in their lifetime,” she said.
Ms Patricia Achan, the deputy IGG, said through the Leadership Code Act, they will raise the verification activity, beginning with the staff of the IGG, then verify wealth declaration of all accounting officers.
“The intention is to rescue at least 20 percent of the Shs20 trillion lost per year,” she said.
“We need to give corruption a face, unmask and expose its face so that everybody can recognise it. It will incite Ugandan to despise it, hate and avoid it,” she said.
Ms Cissy Kagaba, the executive director of Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, said adopting the lifestyle audit was a good measure, but the IGG should capture every one and not pick on only a few individuals.
“After the lifestyle auditing, we want to know what next because people often make declarations, but the issue of verification has been a challenge,” she said.
About lifestyle audit
Lifestyle audits, also known as lifestyle checks or lifestyle monitoring, are an accountability tool that can be used to detect and prevent corruption. Such audits are conducted when the visible lifestyle or standard of living of an individual appears to exceed their known income level. The detection of such discrepancies can raise the red flag, warranting closer inspection.
In such instances, an assessment of the individual’s income, assets and investments can be undertaken to determine if such seemingly extravagant expenditures could have come from illicit gains. If the audit shows a mismatch between a person’s known income and assets compared to their lifestyle and spending patterns, then there is an increased risk that the person is deriving alternative income from sources that constitute a conflict of interest or illegal activity, including embezzlement and bribery.
As verification often includes assessments of an official’s household, the approach is particularly helpful in detecting whether corrupt proceeds could have been under the names of family members or associates.
Lifestyle audits are best used in conjunction with other anti-corruption measures, including the criminalisation of illicit enrichment, establishing obligations for regular declarations of assets, incomes and interests, as well as unexplained wealth orders.
However, the viability of this approach is contingent on public access to the content of asset and income declarations, and the interest and ability of civil society to engage in lifestyle audits concealed.
Living on a dollar a day: How far has Uganda tackled poverty?
Matayo Karuru, his wife Ms Beatrice Tumuhaise and their children at their home in Katamba Biharwe, Mbarara District. The family is hardly able to afford decent housing or education for their children, let alone meals.
PHOTO BY ALFRED TUMUSHABE.
By EDGAR R. BATTE
Posted Monday, September 22 2014
In 1993 when Eliezer Magezi dropped out school he had his eyes set on processing honey. He had grown up in a family whose source of income was selling honey, so he was determined to do what he had learnt as a boy.
However, when he started out, things were not as obvious as they had earlier seemed.
Magezi started out small and his objective thereon was to get farmers to come together and start processing honey as a group as one way each of them could benefit from the advantages of collective marketing and selling. Bunyangabu Beekeepers Cooperative Limited (BBC) was born.
He explains, “The idea was simple. There were beekeepers but they were scattered. We spoke to them about the need of coming together to process honey. They had been selling their honey using rudimentary methods, one of these being using a spoon.” BBC would also use mosquito nets and buckets to sieve the honey from combs.
But this is a yesteryear story. With hard work, commitment and focus today Magezi leads fellow farmers. He is proud of the fact that their sales have grown from a mere half a tonne of honey to 13 tonnes annually. This has been with support from United National Development Programme (UNDP) through their partners Support Development of Inclusive Markets in Tourism, the group that helped link them to Andrew & Brother’s supermarket which buys their honey.
His story is not different from a good number of rural poor. Many people are actually using their time enterprisingly to better not just their lives but those of others with whom they share business aspirations and interests.
In her speech during the reading of the Budget, Finance minister Maria Kiwanuka said the proportion of people living below the poverty line has declined from 56.5 per cent in 1992/3 to 24 per cent in 2009 and further to 19.7 per cent in 2012/13. This, she added, indicates that Uganda has already surpassed the Millennium Development (MDG) target of halving the proportion of its population living in extreme poverty by 2015. “This is the first and most significant MDG,” she said.
“As Uganda celebrates progress with the MDGs, our work force is growing due to better life expectancy and social service delivery.
Their pathway to stable value-added employment is our economy’s opportunity but also our challenge. SMEs are critical in creating jobs and mobilising the informal and rural economic activity,” the Finance minister read from her speech. She added that government needs to implement the Skilling Uganda initiative in the business, technical and vocational education training with an emphasis on provision of hands on technical skills training, business skills development, and re-orienting the mind-set of potential entrepreneurs as well as enhancing financial literacy and inclusion.
As government works towards achieving MDG 1, the likes of Magezi and BBC will look to them to keep their promises.
Progress made
According to UNDP, Uganda has made great progress in terms of reducing the proportion of the population below the national poverty line. The poverty headcount- the share of people living in households below the poverty line- declined from 56 per cent in 1992/1993 to 31 per cent in 2005/2006.
“Using the former survey as the benchmark, this means that Uganda is well on its way to meeting the 2015 global target of cutting poverty in half, which would correspond to a poverty level of around 28 per cent for that year,” the UNDP assessment report reads in part. According to the UNDP report, the poverty gap, a measure of how far the poor are below the poverty line, has also narrowed. This, it adds, is an indication of improvements in monetary welfare even among those who have not risen above the poverty line.
“Uganda is five points away from the expected target for reduction of the number of people living on less than $1 a day. Between 1990 and 2012, Uganda reduced hunger by 15 per cent. However, there were set backs in the reduction of under nutrition which increased by 30 per cent in that period,” the report states.
In the State Of The Nation address, however, President Museveni gave a rosier picture, saying Uganda has achieved economic growth.
“Consequently, the proportion of people living below the poverty line has further declined from above 56 per cent in 1992 to 24.5 per cent in 2009/10; and now to 19.7 per cent in 2012/13. Uganda has, therefore, already surpassed the first MDG target of halving the proportion of the population living in extreme poverty by 2015,” he said.
However, Kiddu Gozanga, a field research for Hunger Free World Uganda, an international NGO working to build a world free of hunger, says research that was carried out in June last year in Namayumba and Busukuma in Wakiso District, in central Uganda showed some pitfalls.
Gozanga explains that from their findings, there were overall changes in household welfare as they had experienced a significant growth in consumption expenditure since 2000 when the MDGs were set. Central Uganda had registered an increase in consumption while northern Uganda showed a decline in terms of income.
While there has been some success in meeting MDG 1, challenges remain. The government, therefore, needs to find solutions. It also needs to encourage in various ways, individuals who can commit themselves to work hard and smart like Magezi to find solutions that can earn them a source of livelihood and change their lives for the better.
In the African country of Uganda, billions of shillings are well located for the privileged few as ordinary Ugandans are un able to obtain quality medical treatment. And they soon die.
Written by Benon Herbert Oluka
Last Updated: 17 April 2015
Rose Mary Nankabirwa succumed to cancer
Shortly before he passed away, a frail Bbale Francis, a legendary news anchor on Uganda television, was forced to record an appeal to the public to raise funds for his treatment at a hospital in India.
For such a renowned figure, being reduced to begging for money for treatment was a slap in the face after decades serving Uganda. But he had no other option. Sadly, though, Bbale passed away on the very day the fundraising was to start.
Days later, a similar fundraising activity had to be undertaken for another television personality, Rosemary Nankabirwa, who needed Shs 100m for treatment in Kenya. At least Shs 110m was raised for Nankabirwa following a social media and car wash campaign by her former colleagues at NTV Uganda. Unfortunately, it came a little too late.
On Sunday afternoon, she lost the battle. The two news anchors were both battling cancer. While the duo’s public profiles at least brought their plight to the national conscience, several Ugandans have similarly resorted to begging for millions of shillings to travel abroad and treat certain ailments because no Ugandan hospital has the capacity to do so.
Over the last 12 months or so, The Observer has published appeals by at least five individuals seeking Shs 304.5 million for treatment abroad. This amount is the equivalent of what President Museveni spent on the car he gave Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi as his 60th birthday gift on Monday.
The appeals often come after recommendations from doctors at the Mulago national referral hospital, who concede that they do not have the equipment, funding, etc to handle such cases. Among the ailments for which Ugandans often seek treatment abroad are kidney diseases, renal failure, liver transplant and different heart ailments.
BEGGING CULTURE
The head of the Uganda Heart Institute at Mulago hospital, Dr John Omagino, told The Observer on Tuesday that while the institute has developed capacity to handle most of the procedures for heart diseases, they do not have the funds for human resource and supplies.
“The issue we are struggling with is the operational funds. We are operating the place at a capacity of 20 to 25 per cent instead of 100 per cent. The budget is only 20 per cent [of what the institute needs],” he added.
As if to indicate the begging culture has permeated even the institute, Dr Omagino added: “We are calling on literally everybody to improve on that budget shortfall; if the corporate world or any other group can come in to help... because the supplies are very expensive and all of them are disposable.”
Mulago’s renal unit, on the other hand, had 22 dialysis machines (which replace the natural filtration system of the kidney when that organ fails), meaning the hospital can only handle 30 patients requiring the service daily. A brand new dialysis machine costs $7,000 to $22,000 (about Shs 20.9m to Shs 65.7m) before taxes and transportation costs, according to various sources, while second-hand ones go for $3,000 to $7,000 (about Shs 9m to Shs 20.9m), which is pocket change for government.
The lack of capacity to treat such conditions within Uganda, yet President Museveni continues to dole out millions of shillings, angers activists such as Godber Tumushabe, who says it is a sign that the government has gone “off the rails.”
Giving the example of a health facility in Masaka district he has visited, Tumushabe said the situation is even worse for most ordinary Ugandans who cannot access “even the most basic health services.”
PRIVILEGED FEW
While ordinary Ugandans have to move around with begging bowls for contributions to secure good health services, the government has set aside $2.2m (about Shs 6.6 billion) annually for government officials to secure treatment abroad.
The government says it also sets aside another $76m (about 227.2 billion) for ordinary Ugandans with ailments beyond the capacity of Uganda’s medical institutions who need to seek treatment abroad.
A source who has tried to seek government funding for treatment abroad, however, intmated to The Observer that their request was turned down by the health minister on grounds that the patient was not a government employee.
Efforts by The Observer to speak to senior government officials such as health minister Elioda Tumwesigye, state minister Chris Baryomunsi, and Health ministry permanent secretary Asumani Lukwago were futile as they could not be reached on their known phone numbers.
Mid-last year, Mulago hospital signed an agreement with Yashoda Hospitals in India, which it hoped would culminate in Mulago’s ability to undertake kidney transplants. The Observer was unable to establish the level of progress made in the joint effort by the two hospitals.
Late last year, President Museveni launched a $40 million (Shs 119.6 billion) facelift of Mulago hospital, which will entail re-modelling, restructuring and re-equipping the hospital. However, with Mulago currently receiving only a third of the Shs 100bn that its administrators say is necessary for effective service provision, the renovation alone will not be enough.
STATE OF HOSPITALS
The state of Uganda’s health facilities has been captured in so many studies that the government has all the information it needs about the problems that afflict the sector. For instance, a parliamentary health committee report of August 2012 identified inadequate health workers, poor remuneration, under-funding of referral hospitals, and mismanagement of funds as some of the challenges afflicting health service delivery in Uganda.
And last week, the auditor general released a value-for-money report on regional referral hospitals (RRHs), which paints a grim picture of health service delivery across the country.
The report exposes huge influxes of patients due to operational weaknesses, lack of specialised hospital staff to deliver services, and even an accumulation of expired drugs due to poor management of the hospitals. Yet, in its conclusion, the auditor general’s report says the situation can be redeemed if the leadership can get its act together across the country.
“The results of the efficiency study of the operations of RRHs using the data envelopment analysis technique have shown that 50 per cent of the RRHs were relatively efficient in the utilisation of their resources,” it concludes.
“The remaining inefficient hospitals exhibited potential for improvements if appropriate interventions were made to address the slacks in the utilisation of the key inputs such as medicines, infrastructure/equipment and human resource. With reduced inefficiency, RRHs stand to reap significant input savings from their activities. This would ensure improvements in the coverage and quality of health services.”
The question then, is whether the government can stop the discriminative approach of setting money aside for some individuals and leaving the rest of the country to beg for good health – often with donations trickling in slower than death.
In Uganda Accused police officers have been put back to work on the job of Shs165b pension probe: Not again!
Suspects in the pension scam Mr Christopher Obey, Mr Kiwanuka Kunsa and Mr David Oloka at the Anti-Corruption Court.
File Photo
By Yasiin Mugerwa
Posted Monday, June 1 2015 at 01:00
In the Uganda Parliament, Kampala:
The two detectives accused of pocketing bribes by the head of the police Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Directorate (CIID) in the Shs165b dismissed pension scam case have been re-instated on the probe team by the Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Kale Kayihura.
In his letter, dated May 26, Gen Kayihura deployed eight top detectives to assist the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Justice Mike Chibita resurrect the investigations into the abuse of Shs165b.
The new officers IGP assigned to the pension case are Commissioner Chelimo Beata; detectives Jimmy Aguma, Benson Wathum, Egido Otim, Beatrice Khainza and Emmanuel Wasswa.
In addition to the six detectives, Gen Kayihura said: “D/SP George Komurubuga and D/AIP Moses Kato will also be available as you requested.” Gen Kayihura explained in the letter that he included D/SSP Aguma because he is an ICT specialist.
In re-instating Mr Komurubuga and Mr Kato on the case, Gen Kayihura acted on the request of Justice Chibita who, according to sources at DPP made a “passionate appeal” to have the two detectives reinstated on the case.
Justice Chibita had on May 19 requested the IGP to send him a team of police investigators, including the two detectives that CIID boss, Ms Grace Akullo had accused of pocketing bribes to author a parallel file which jeopardised the investigations.
In an interview with the Daily Monitor in April this year, Ms Akullo accused the two operatives of instigating the collapse of the case where nine suspects were charged with masterminding the plunder of Shs165b belonging to pensioners.
Asked why he requested the return of the two accused officers, Justice Chibita yesterday declined to comment on the new developments before looking at the contents of Gen Kayihura letter.
He also said he needed to see his letter of May 19 before discussing the matter. Justice Chibita, however, promised to give the details to Daily Monitor today.
However, it’s not clear whether Ms Akullo will continue to oversee the new investigation into the pension scam since her name was not mentioned in Gen Kayihura’s letter to the DPP.
Ms Akullo has since been stopped from talking to the media without clearance from the IGP.
Gen Kayihura, has since ordered an inquiry to establish how information about the investigations into the pension scam case and the internal feuds between the Force’s crime fighting units went to the media without his permission.
MPs who talked to Daily Monitor at the weekend said the decision by IGP is “a slap in the face” of Ms Akullo, who last month alleged the two detectives (Mr Komurubuga and Mr Kato) were bribed by some of the key suspects who also asked if she had received her share.
Ms Akullo claimed the duo, without her knowledge, wrote a second investigation report which contradicted the official report she had signed off, and submitted to the DPP. She said they authored the second report “in order to account for the money they had received from the suspects.”
The two detectives have since denied allegations of pocketing bribes to compromise the investigation.
But when Parliament committees: Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and the Defence and Internal Affairs made parallel inquiries into what led to the bungling of the pension scam case, they found that the second report in question was neither authored by the two detectives nor forwarded to DPP by the same officers.
However, the MPs, according to sources, agreed in principle to “let bygones be bygones” and tasked DPP and IGP to reinstate the case.
Police spokespersons Fred Enanga and deputy spokesperson Polly Namaye were not available to speak on the new developments and what role the CIID boss Ms Akullo will play in the new probe.
Mr Komurubuga and Mr Kato could also not answer repeated phone calls. Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson, Mr Patrick Onyango, declined to comment on the matter and instead referred Daily Monitor to Mr Enanga and Ms Namaye whom he said speak on behalf of the IGP.
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