With 62 civil servants interviewed from national level and across five districts, the study conducted between December 2018 to March 2019 indicate that majority of public servants (both elected and appointed) have limited knowledge of the law.
In March this year, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga constituted a select committee to investigate the matter after the Ora County Member of parliament; Lawrence Biyika Songa brought the matter to the attention of parliament on February 21, 2019.
In his 2016 report, the Auditor General noted that employee records showed errors in the data being maintained on the system in form of personal information like age, year of birth and contractual obligations like tenure of employment and years of employment among others.
The PAC Vice Chairperson, Gerald Karuhanga tasked the team to explain the slow clearance of cases despite increased funding from Shillings 6.1 billion in the 2015/2016 financial year to Shillings 6.9 billion in the 2016/2017 financial year.
After a month, scrutinising the bill and interacting with different stakeholders, the finance committee is compiling the report before it can be read in the house.
The report notes that of the other 26 suspects, two of the women could neither sit nor stand as a result of tortured. The committee says Night Asara one of the women was bleeding from her private parts.
When asked by the Commission Lead Counsel, Ebert Byenkya to explain her involvement in the matter, Namuganza said President Museveni met the warring parties on June 11th 2018 and that he was only interested in the welfare of the Bibanja holders.
Unidentified gunmen killed Col. Ibrahim Abiriga and his brother on June 8th 2018 when they sprayed their Volkswagen Beetle registration number UBB 706D with bullets as the duo approached their home in Kirinnyabigo in Kawanda in Wakiso District.
However, President, Museveni wants parliament to reconsider the Tax Procedures Amendment bill, 2018 and delete Section 20 6. In his letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, Museveni notes that once maintained in its current form, Section 20 6 will encourage non-compliance by tax payers while filing their annual tax returns.
David Bahati, the Deputy Government Chief Whip says the seven man committee is too study the experiences of the last party primaries with a view of proposing solutions to improve the future elections.
