IG Releases Rakai District Officials On Bond
July 26, 2023
The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has released three officials of Rakai District Local Government on bond as investigations into their alleged diversion of public property continues.
The officials include Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Mr. Edward Kamya, District Education Officer (DEO), Mr. Stephen Ssemutono and the Vice LCV Chairperson, Mr. Ismael Bwanika.
The trio was arrested on Monday at the district headquarters and transferred to Kampala where they were detained.
Background
Rakai DLG procured furniture using the School Facilities Grant under the Universal Programme (UPE).
The procuring entity handed over furniture (12 desks) and handed them over to Mr. Ssemutono for distribution.
During the handover, Mr. Bwanika offered to deliver the desks to Kiganda Primary School in Luanda Sub-county, which had been earmarked to receive the furniture.
Mr. Bwanika, who is also the area Councilor of Kiganda village allegedly delivered only six desks to Kiganda Primary School and diverted the other seven desks to Kiganda Secondary School, which he co-owns.
According to IG investigations, both the deputy CAO and the DEO failed to play their supervisory role, which led to the diversion of the property.