The Speakers under their umbrella body Uganda Urban Council Speakers Association (UUCSA), where Oulanyah was a patron, say the fallen Speaker was a principled man who served the country with the utmost respect.
The Mbarara City Mayor, Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi, says the city executive resolved to rent the land at Shillings 30million annually for five years after evicting encroachers and boundary opening exercise.
Eng Dr. Isaac Mutenyo the Program Coordinator USMID- Program expressed disappointment with the contractor for failing to meet his obligation. He says that some structures are still within the road reserve and the works are not at the stage they are expected to be.
Eunice Asiimwe, the Multipurpose Committee Chairperson informed the council that the report neither shows the cost of the land nor its size. She claimed that the executive only informed her committee that the land is found in Nyakayojo and Biharwe without going into details.
Fredrick Okech, the Mbarara Regional Inspectorate Officer, says that they have commenced a value for money audit after receiving a complaint from a whistleblower.
Mwesigye says the then Nyakayonjo Division was allocated 26 million shillings for 22 groups under the DDEG program. He adds that during the investigations it was discovered that out of the 22 groups registered only 4 groups were genuine.
Edgar Rwabutwagu, the senior Procurement officer accepted the punishment but pleaded with the leaders noting that the process was followed but the accounting officer then did an error of not submitting the documents to the city executive headed by the city mayor.
Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi, Mbarara City Mayor says as the central market nears completion they have written to the Ministry of local government to guide on how the allocation should be done.
The leaders are questioning why Kekijusyo and other technical staff from the engineering department have refused to appear before the committees to answer queries relating to substandard road works in the city.
In a resolution passed on Thursday and read out by the Clerk to the Council, the councilors want the Minister to appoint a neutral committee to determine the matter.
