{"id":28786,"date":"2022-03-29T13:46:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uetcl-board-chair-resigns-amid-alleged-rot-at-firm"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:29:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T14:29:00","slug":"uetcl-board-chair-resigns-amid-alleged-rot-at-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uetcl-board-chair-resigns-amid-alleged-rot-at-firm","title":{"rendered":"UETCL board chair resigns amid alleged rot at firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (UETCL) chairman Board of Directors, Mr Peter Ucanda, has resigned from his job citing what he called negative media reports that have soiled his hard-earned reputation and that of the company.<\/p>\n<p>In a March 21 letter to the Finance, Energy, and Privatisation and Investment ministries, Mr Ucanda indicated that he was stepping down as the chairman Board of Directors of UETCL to \u2018save his image from being tainted by such media reports\u2019 about the company\u2019s alleged misdeeds.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>How UETCL board got red flags flying<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am constrained to do this because of the manner in which the investigations into the causes of disagreements into the affairs of the board, which has resulted in several and diverse false reports appearing in the press. This does not give me confidence,\u201d his letter states in part.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was unhappy to see his good record of serving the country dragged in the mud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have served the Ugandan government for more than 50 years with what I consider to be a clean and successful record. It is, therefore, my duty to protect this record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Between February 27 and March 19, Saturday and Sunday Monitor papers published three special reports, a product of an intensive investigation into alleged institutional mismanagement by the company\u2019s top organ, the Board of Directors chaired by Mr Ucanda.<\/p>\n<p><b>Monitor investigation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On February 27, the Sunday Monitor ran a special report on how politics, nepotism had spelled doom at UETCL characterised by emerging accounts of corruption and maladministration casting a shadow over activities at the power transmission company.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into the alleged flaws in the managerial and oversight operations of the country\u2019s energy transmitter also exposed gross recruitment irregularities and fraudulent deals allegedly orchestrated by the company\u2019s human resource (HR) department.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence seen by Sunday Monitor reveals that the company\u2019s senior management\u2014including those sitting on the Board of Directors\u2014flouted recruitment protocols to fix their children, friends and relatives into key positions at the company.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Monitor, on March 6, ran a special report that revealed how the UETCL board got red flags flying.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into allegations of fraud, witch-hunt, and blackmail against the UETCL Board of Directors exposed how the vices have impaired the energy transmitter\u2019s operations in the past decades.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>UETCL fails to implement 70% of directives issued by regulator<\/p>\n<p>However, on March 19, Saturday Monitor published part of the report which exposed how conniving officials left UETCL Shs564 billion poorer.<\/p>\n<p>The report illuminated connivance between UETCL project staff and project-affected people to defraud the energy transmitter via bogus compensation claims.<\/p>\n<p><b>Parliament probe<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The alleged mismanagement at UETCL has already attracted the concerns of Parliament. On March 17, the MPs on the Committee of Environment and Natural Resources, during an interface with the board members of UETCL, probed them over allegations of mismanagement and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Committee chairperson Emmanuel Otaala expressed concern about the mismanagement of the company resulting from a divided board of directors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media has painted a picture of fusion in roles between a part of the board and management leading to misappropriation of resources, double payment of project affected persons and payment of people holding land titles in wetlands,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Otaala, however, demanded that UETCL should provide the committee with a comprehensive report regarding the controversial payment of Shs28 billion to project affected persons on the Namanve-Luzira land for the construction of the 132KV transmission line.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dickson Kateshumbwa, a member of the committee, demanded that UETCL is thoroughly investigated and boundaries set to distinguish the roles of the board and management to cure the administrative friction.<\/p>\n<p><b>DON&#8217;T MISS:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Politics, nepotism rear ugly head at UETCL<\/p>\n<p>However, Ms Evelyn Anite, the State minister for Privatisation, who led the delegation from UETCL, pledged to resolve the impasse at the company, including allegations of corruption and the rift within the board.<\/p>\n<p><b>[email protected]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (UETCL) chairman Board of Directors, Mr Peter Ucanda, has resigned from his job citing what he called negative media reports that have soiled his hard-earned reputation and that of the company. 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