Mr. Lunghabo,
This is not negligence in various govt depts. This is one of the evidence of NRM's rule by corruption, nepotism, tribalism and "NRM legalised fraud" . They call it " kuliira ku mulimu gwo" i.e "eating" from your job. You think any of those NRM govt officers can sustain them selves without the above? No way. At that time desk top computers were costing between US$1,500 - $3,500. The figures given in the news, if true, makes Uganda ( & Africa) a laughing stock. No body should be congratulated. All those officers who did not take action should be dismissed for misappropriation, fraud, and incompetence and govt. should recover the excess money "eaten" from their pockets. If it was not "NRM legalised fraud", Salim Saleh and the rest would be in jail including Mu7.
J. Ssenyange ---------------------------------------
From: Lunghabo James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ugnet_: This is unbelievable Fraud by Museveni gang!!! Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:52:38 +0300 (EAT)
Its really a pity but it has become common sight to see such things taking place. There seems to be alot of negligence in the various Govt. departments.
What would you say about the recent decision by an investor to relocate his injection manufacturing factory to Malawi as a result of Govt still opting to import highly priced injections?
Sometimes one thinks that a corporate approach is the best for running Govts.
Wire
> Govt to pay 420 million for computer
> By Patrick Onyango
>
> The Monitor, March 11, 2004
>
>
> KAMPALA - A stitch in time saves nine - and a lot of money
> in business transactions, as the country might soon find
> out.
>
> The Ugandan High Commission in Britain bought a computer
> eight years ago at 7,000 pounds sterling (about Shs 25.2
> million at today's exchange rate).
>
> However, after failing to pay for the computer and being
> sued, the Commission has been ordered to pay 120,000 pounds
> (about Shs 432 million), Samia Bugwe North MP, Aggrey Awori
> told Parliament yesterday.
>
> Mr Awori told The Monitor yesterday that this was an
> ordinary computer - for which even the original 7,000 pounds
> would seem to be on the high side.
>
> Awori raised the matter during a session of the
> parliamentary committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
>
> He revealed that the High Commission struck a deal with
> businessman Michael Gerson in 1996 to buy the computer and a
> black-and-white printer.
>
> Gerson gave the Commission a photocopying machine as a good
> gesture, Awori said. However, government failed to pay the
> businessman, Awori said.
>
> Gerson then sued the High Commission for 400,000 pounds (Shs
> 1.4 billion) as the value of the computer, interest, and
> costs of the suit.
>
> The High Commission wrote to the ministry of Foreign Affairs
> informing it about the impending case but got no response,
> Awori said.
>
> He revealed that a Ugandan official at the Commission, Ms
> Elizabeth Kanyogonya, sought an arbitrator on February 13,
> 2004 to settle the case out-of-court. Gerson accepted the
> idea of an arbitrator and Mr Nicholas Stewart, QC, was
> appointed.
>
> During the mediation, Kanyogonya offered 95,000 pounds (Shs
> 342 million) payable within three months but this was
> rejected.
>
> The two parties then agreed on the 120,000 pounds payable
> before April 13, 2004. However, if government fails to pay
> before that date, the penalty will rise to 350,000 pounds
> (Shs 1.26 billion), Awori said yesterday.
>
> Praising Kanyogonya yesterday, Mbarara Woman MP, Miria
> Matembe, said: "She has saved a lot of money for the
> government; she has done a good job."
>
> A junior minister in the ministry of Foreign Affairs,
> Nshimye Sebutulo, told The Monitor that government is
> committed to paying its debts.
>
> "I will have to cross check with my permanent secretary to
> find out how soon we are paying," Mr Sebutulo said by
> telephone.
>
>
>
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