Mbarara.
Un-abridged statement from Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema on the operation.
A team of the State House Anti-Corruprion Unit carried out an operation in Mbarara district. The Unit received allegations that district officials had irregularly allocated to themselves district land. They had not followed procedures nor due process.
They were parceling out the land under the guise of implementing a satellite city on the district land. It was also alleged that various pieces of land had been grabbed e.g. Veterinary services land that Hon Charles Ngabirano, MP for Rwampara, had been accused of grabbing.
We met the district officials, councilors and staff from Uganda Land Commission (ULC). ULC indicated that the approvals for satellite had not been granted. The discussions didn’t provide clarity on how the affected land was parceled out.
We handed over the CAO, Senior Land Management officer and other officials to @PoliceUg, CID, to provide further information. There was also another complaint that indicated that there had been misappropriation of UGX.360M for the construction of Koranorya road.
We inspected the road too where the officials of the @StateHouseUg infrastructure unit took measurements and carried out tests. Consequently, the Ass. Engineering official in charge of the construction of the road was handed of CID for further investigations.
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