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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has established that some beneficiaries of the Covid-19 relief cash in Mbale City and Tororo Municipality were civil servants.<\/p>\n

The committee led by Kumi Municipality legislator, Mr Silas Augon, conducted a fact-finding mission early this week and unearthed some disturbing details.<\/p>\n

The government ring-fenced the funds for vulnerable groups ranging from categories such as taxi drivers, conductors, boda boda riders, slum dwellers, street, and hair dressers.<\/p>\n

PAC, however, discovered that elderly women were registered as beneficiaries under the categories of boda boda riders and drivers.<\/p>\n

For instance Rose Nabutiti, 86, was registered as a boda boda rider while Adnan Namaisi, 86, was classified as a musician yet he is not.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people who were not among the vulnerable categories were identified, registered and they received the money as genuine beneficiaries,\u201d Mr Augon, said.<\/p>\n

Sunday Monitor has also learnt that officials edited the list of the beneficiaries sent to them by village chairpersons and included their relatives as well as colleagues in civil service.<\/p>\n

The Tororo Town Clerk, Mr Paul Omoko, told PAC that municipal officials used the Emyooga database to identify beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

Some boda boda riders were, however, reportedly asked to pay money before they could be registered.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs district, we were allocated an indicative figure of 3,785 beneficiaries from different categories and only 84 were not paid because of a mismatch in names,\u201d Mr Omoko said.<\/p>\n

The Tororo District Woman MP, Ms Sarah Opendi, was perplexed after discovering that Village Health Teams or VHTs were included amongst beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cA big number of people, especially the taxi drivers, who submitted their names did not receive the money,\u201dMs Opendi said.<\/p>\n

PAC\u2019s findings also reveal that while 300 artistes were registered only 199 names were forwarded for payment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has established that some beneficiaries of the Covid-19 relief cash in Mbale City and Tororo Municipality were civil servants. The committee led by Kumi Municipality legislator, Mr Silas Augon, conducted a fact-finding mission early this week and unearthed some disturbing details. 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