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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Ombudsman Beti Kamya on Wednesday fired off a series of tweets in which she pleaded her case after Parliament\u2019s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (Cosase) held her culpable for Shs10.6b that was lost to ghost claimants.<\/p>\n

In the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) report presented last week on Thursday, Cosase also recommended that Finance minister Matia Kasaija and Mr Patrick Ocailap, the deputy Secretary to the Treasury, be punished.<\/p>\n

The development has put not just Ms Kamya but Uganda in an awkward position since the integrity of an ombudsman is supposed to be beyond reproach.<\/p>\n

In the tweets posted to her official Twitter handle on Wednesday, Ms Kamya, who was Lands minister when the impugned Shs10.6b supplementary budget was passed, said there is no account that she initiated the subvention.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cIf the Ministry of Finance decides to provide the funds, that decision is taken [through] 15 steps (read checkpoints), including Cabinet, Parliament, the Auditor General, and the Internal Auditor General before the funds are finally released to the appropriate accounting officer for payment to the claimant[s].\u201d<\/p>\n

The ombudsman also accuses Cosase chairperson Joel Ssenyonyi (Nakawa West) of needing \u201cmy head for his obviously sinister motives.\u201d She further offered that if Mr Ssenyonyi \u201chad his way, my head would\u2019ve been the only one on the guillotine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Observers say the accusations and counter-accusations only serve to illuminate the outstanding deficits in Uganda\u2019s vetting process of public officials. Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee approved Ms Kamya\u2019s appointment as the sixth ombudsman on August 20, 2021. Nearly a year later, another parliamentary committee has possibly unraveled details that could have eluded the Appointments Committee.<\/p>\n

Currently, Articles 113 and 114 of the Constitution empower the Person of the President to appoint ministers. The President is also mandated by Article 114 to choose from a list of judicial officers as forwarded to him by the Judicial Service Commission to appoint judges. These are later forwarded to and vetted by the Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee steered by the Speaker of Parliament. The proceedings of this committee are, however, held in a closed-door session.<\/p>\n

President Museveni appointed Ms Kamya as the new Inspector of Government on July 15, 2021. A little over a month later, the House cleared Ms Kamya to replace Justice Irene Mulyagonja as the ombudsman. Mr Asuman Basalirwa, a member of the Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee, revealed that considerations during the vetting process \u201care but not limited to one\u2019s character, integrity and one\u2019s academic qualifications.\u201d He strongly believes more can be done, including making the vetting more transparent.<\/p>\n

Mao plan<\/p>\n

Already, Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Norbert Mao has made clear his plans to enact provisions in the Constitution to tighten the process of vetting of presidential appointees to ensure more transparency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process of appointing them is what we have to look at but not to blanketly accuse anybody who is accusing a presidential appointment of being a robot,\u201d Mr Mao said during his first day as an ex-officio in the House, adding that attention ought to be accorded to the appointee\u2019s character.<\/p>\n

Mr Mao revealed that he wants such persons to be given space\u2014devoid of biases\u2014so that they embark on tasks upon which they can be judged.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not enough to only examine qualifications. We must also look at character. I think anybody can be independent minded,\u201d Mr Mao suggested, adding, \u201cWhat matters is to create an environment where the expression of ideas that are independently arrived at are accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believes this would not only pave the way for a \u201cpolished\u201d crop of leaders as appointed by the President, but also encourage those with divergent opinions to serve in the NRM government.<\/p>\n

The proposal has received the backing of Ms Lucy Akello, the Cosase vice chairperson, who says it will stop errant public officials from acting with impunity.<\/p>\n

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