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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Inspector General of Government (IGG) Beti Kamya has said she will reopen investigations into the Shs17b National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) procurement process of prepaid water metres that malfunctioned eight years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to assure Ugandans that the IGG will reopen the Shs17 billion NWSC procurement of prepaid metres without fear or favour,\u201d a December 29 tweet from Ms Kamya read in part.<\/p>\n

According to a whistle-blowers’ bid, they want the Executive Director Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA), Canon Benson Turamye, and the Executive Director of NWSC, Mr Silver Mugisha, investigated for allegedly blocking a probe into the issue.<\/p>\n

The IGG told this publication in a separate interview yesterday: \u201cI assure you that I will also reopen investigations on NWSC immediately and on Mr Turamye. 2022 is going to be a year of action and zero tolerance on corruption and I assure you this time heads will roll. I\u2019m determined to leave a legacy in the office of the IGG, it\u2019s not going to be business- as- usual.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his response, Mr Mugisha yesterday said: \u201cIt is true, NWSC bought metres which developed issues and what the corporation had to do was to ensure that it does not lose money.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPPDA investigated this matter and there is an 80-page report. The IGG says she wants to investigate the matter but what I know is that she cannot investigate what PPDA has already investigated. If they are dissatisfied with the report, they can go to court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Whistle-blowers further allege that Mr Turamye ignored the investigations for his personal benefit, an allegation he denied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe handled the investigation as PPDA and closed them and there is even a report to that effect. I would have shared it with you if I wasn\u2019t away. So how can someone claim we ignored to carry out investigations?\u201d Mr Turamye asked yesterday in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she (IGG) wants to reopen the investigations, for us we already handled it and there is a report. I know there are people out there who are mudslinging and character assassinating me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Mugisha in statement on Tuesday said the systems malfunctioned within two years of operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cNWSC took administrative measures with the supplier to mitigate any financial loss to the corporation. This involved withholding equivalent payments to the supplier and cashing performance security,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Mr Mugisha added: \u201cAbout three years ago, PPDA carried out a comprehensive performance audit on the matter, in accordance with the law. PPDA report returned a raft of measures and recommendations that NWSC management and Board, have since acted on fully. NWSC is currently developing its own prepaid metre technology, based on experiences we have had with prepaid metres.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. Inspector General of Government (IGG) Beti Kamya has said she will reopen investigations into the Shs17b National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) procurement process of prepaid water metres that malfunctioned eight years ago. \u201cI want to assure Ugandans that the IGG will reopen the Shs17 billion NWSC procurement of prepaid metres without […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-23858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nIGG to reopen probe into Shs17b faulty NWSC metres - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Inspector General of Government (IGG) Beti Kamya has said she will reopen investigations into the Shs17b National Water ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/igg-to-reopen-probe-into-shs17b-faulty-nwsc-metres\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IGG to reopen probe into Shs17b faulty NWSC metres\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Inspector General of Government (IGG) Beti Kamya has said she will reopen investigations into the Shs17b National Water ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/igg-to-reopen-probe-into-shs17b-faulty-nwsc-metres\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-30T16:02:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/img-61cdc067353b2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/igg-to-reopen-probe-into-shs17b-faulty-nwsc-metres#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/igg-to-reopen-probe-into-shs17b-faulty-nwsc-metres\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"IGG to reopen probe into Shs17b faulty NWSC metres\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-30T16:02:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/igg-to-reopen-probe-into-shs17b-faulty-nwsc-metres\"},\"wordCount\":479,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/igg-to-reopen-probe-into-shs17b-faulty-nwsc-metres#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/img-61cdc067353b2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/igg-to-reopen-probe-into-shs17b-faulty-nwsc-metres#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/igg-to-reopen-probe-into-shs17b-faulty-nwsc-metres\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/igg-to-reopen-probe-into-shs17b-faulty-nwsc-metres\",\"name\":\"IGG to reopen probe into Shs17b faulty NWSC metres - 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