The processes will now be undertaken by the Ministry of Works and Transport as a way of eliminating the procurement chaos that the country is facing. He said that although huge resources were wasted in claims of procurement, the processes were mainly benefiting those bent on making money and not the country.
In Uganda, like most of the African countries procurement deals account for a third of the Gross Domestic ProductGDP. In developed countries, public procurement account for up to 15 of GDP.
The contractors led by Robert Otim from Cream-Land company and Moses Opio stormed the town clerk’s office accusing the assistant district engineer of soliciting three million shillings as a condition for awarding them a tender to construct a road valued at 65 million shillings.
