Ntungamo District Legislators at loggerheads with the district stakeholders over Road fund.
NTUNGAMO: The Ntungamo District members of parliament are at loggerheads with political and civil leaders over the shunning of district roads committee meetings.
In a letter dated 6th June 2024 the district roads committee chairperson who is also an Mp for Kajara county Hon Timuzigu Michael Kamugisha, invited the members to meet yesterday Thursday at 9:00am in the district council Hall but it was their dismay to receive another letter from district Eng. Kushemererwa Charles a few hours after the meeting had been postponed.
Hon Timuzigu noted that the District Eng. usurped the powers of the chairperson Roads committee to postpone the meeting without his knowledge.
He revealed that it was a shock for all political and civil leaders including the chief administrative officer to shun the meeting expressing that there must be something they are hiding.
Hon Timuzigu assured the general public that the meeting has been rescheduled to Today Friday and if members fail to turn up they will petition the Uganda Road fund and office of the IGG to swing into action to investigate if the UGX 1.7Bn road fund had been utilized efficiently.
He said that no money should be returned to the coffers yet the District roads are impassable.
The MP Rushenyi county Hon Naome Kabasharira noted that as MPs will not sit back and watch yet the road funds in the district are being mismanaged by the technocrats.
Hon Kabasharira noted that they had been requesting for the BOQs (Bill of Quantities) but in vain which raises a suspicion that there must be some rot in the district roads.
However, the postponement letter noted that the political and civil leaders are engaged in PDM worth OPM in Kampala from 18th to 21st, June 2024.
