The report of the Commission of inquiry into the mismanagement of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) chaired by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire indicates that sh4 trillion was lost over a period of 7 years.

From fictitious payments, collusion by contractors to create cabals aimed at cheating the government, collusion between UNRA staff and contractors to inflate cost of road projects to blatant flouting of procurement rules, the report handed over to President Yoweri Museveni last week exposed an intricate web of corruption and costly shady deals.

In 2014, the Inspector General of Government, Irene Mulyagonja wrote to the Lands minister, advising him to set up a judicial commission to probe corruption at the lands registry. She argued that she had found it hard to handle land-related complaints.

The IGG recalled how she recommended the interdiction and prosecution of the commissioner land registration, Sarah Kulata, but the proceedings were discontinued by the High Court and Kulata was reinstated. She said court discontinued the prosecution on grounds that Kulata acted under her authority, which makes her no liable for prosecution under section 175 of the Registration of Titles Act.

The IGG noted that it makes no sense for the Inspectorate to take an inordinately long time and resources to complete investigations into land matters and the complainants achieve no gains.

Mulyagonja consequently advised Daudi Migereko, the lands minister, to constitute a commission of inquiry under section 1(1) of the Commission of Inquiry Act. To date, the commission has not been appointed.