A Nigerian poverty female minister ‘had 19million British pounds in several of her bank accounts:

18 April, 2024

 

By World Media

 

A corruption investigation into a suspended Nigerian minister whose job is to help poverty-stricken people has recovered £19 million from more than 50 bank accounts, a financial watchdog has alleged.

Betta Edu, the humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation minister, has been suspended since January over the alleged diversion of £505,000 of public money into a personal bank account.

Nigeria’s economic and financial crimes commission has now said that after six weeks investigating the ministry, it had found “many angles” to examine, the BBC reported.

Ola Olukoyede, the commission chairman, told the latest edition of the agency’s newsletter: “As it is now, we are investigating over 50 bank accounts that we have traced money into.

“That is no child’s play. That’s a big deal.”

President Bola Tinubu in early January ordered “a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transaction”, and officials suspended several government aid programmes.

At the time Dr Edu, 37, denied any wrongdoing. Her office said she had approved the transfer into a personal account, which was not in her name, but said it was for the “implementation of grants to vulnerable groups”.

The recovered money had already been transferred to government coffers, Mr Olukoyede said, but warned that the investigation could be lengthy.

He said: “We are exploring so many discoveries that we have stumbled upon in our investigation. 

“If it is about seeing people in jail, well let them wait, everything has a process to follow.”

Nigerians complain that Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country remains plagued by corruption, despite regular government vows to clean it up.

The country in 2023 scored 25 on Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index, where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.

 

 

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The Judiciary worker, Mr Kisambira doesn't regret murder-suicide threats as junior workers in Uganda receive petty wages compared to their senior workers:

 

By World Media

Stanley Kisambira (R) talking to the media

Judiciary driver Stanley Kisambira whose audio clips in which he threatened to commit murder-suicide so as to kill a judge and his bodyguard has responded to the permanent secretary who gave him only five days to defend himself.

In a defense written by his lawyers from the Centre for Legal Aid, Kisambira says he doesn't regret his statements and has asked the judiciary PS Dr Pius Bigirimana to cease from further absurdity.

 

Kisambira, a driver of Mbale High court judge Godfrey Namundi can be heard in the audio clips complaining about salary disparities in the judiciary for drivers and expressing his dissatisfaction with earning Shs 200,000 since joining the justice system in 2008.

 

In the same clip, Kisambira is heard saying he is very annoyed, disgusted and can even ram into a stationary vehicle and kill a principal, bodyguard, and himself - three people at once which is more painful compared to a bodyguard who only kills one principal. This was in reference to the recent murder of the state minister of Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations by his own bodyguard Wilson Sabiiti.

 

In a May 16 letter, Bigirimana accused Kisambira of misconduct, saying he would have used the right means as provided for under the public service standing orders as a public servant, other than running to social media to address his grievances.

 

"Inciting violence and threatening to intentionally cause an accident is unprofessional, criminal and punishable in the strongest terms. In addition, uttering false information that you are only paid Shs 200,000 contravenes section F-r of the public service standing orders."

 

As such, Bigirimana asked Kisambira in the letter to explain his act of gross misconduct within five days of receipt of this letter. Failure to do this, Bigirimana threatened to subject Kisambira to disciplinary measures including dismissal from the judiciary.

 

But in response, Kisambira's lawyers say that it was premature for Bigirimana who is also the judiciary's accounting officer to convict him of gross misconduct.

 

"Further to yours HC/P 10701 dated 16 May 2023, prematurely convicting our client of gross misconduct” and threatening to subject him to “further disciplinary measures including dismissal from the judiciary service,” we are instructed to reply as follows," reads the one-paged letter response.

 

The letter adds: "With great respect, your indecorously worded missive was not only premature and misconceived, but has also brought the judiciary service into disrepute."

 

According to Kisambira's lawyers, their client accepts no liability whatsoever for the contents or circulation of the audio clip at issue.

 

"A private communication, it contains protected political opinion and does not reasonably imply what you allege (incitement to violence, threatening accidents, uttering false information, etc).... as you rightly stated, our client did the right thing to express his dissatisfaction." reads the letter.

 

According to the Centre for Legal Aid, Bigirimana's reference to section p–b of the Uganda Public Service Standing Orders 2021 which talks about the procedure for conducting government, is plainly disingenuous and hereby "denounced, with contempt".

 

"You stretched the interpretation of that section by falsely implying that the alleged audio clip was an “official correspondence…which came into the possession of our client in the course of his official duties...Please cease and desist from further absurdity," advises the letter.

 

The lawyers further indicate that Kisambira enjoys what they have described as absolute immunity under the law to freely express his dissatisfaction in a peaceful manner, without fear of retaliation or victimization by his employer or the state.

 

"Take further notice that pursuant to sections 6(1) and 75(g) of the Employment Act 2006, you are barred from targeting an employee's political opinion as the reason for dismissal or imposition of a disciplinary penalty," adds the response.

 

To support their response, the lawyers have quoted several laws that they say Bigirimana as accounting officer of the judiciary should have looked upon before writing to Kisambira. They say the public service regulations on code of conduct further bars him from implementing any disciplinary procedure before the completion of proper investigations.

 

Accordingly, they have asked Bigirimana to terminate what they have described as a travesty of justice, and immediately provide Kisambira a decent package of appropriate interventions to address his dissatisfaction.

 

Following the audios by Kisambira, he was arrested and detained at Kampala Central police station for two days but he was later released on police bond.

 

Sources in police said that he had to be released because it was not right in their view to take him to court simply because he had talked about his grievances and that the best solution is for the judiciary to review his salary.

 

On social media platforms, Kisambira has been hailed as brave for exposing the low salaries of judiciary rank-and-file members. A fundraising campaign has been initiated to support Kisambira in obtaining legal representation and welfare.

 

The campaign encourages donations, emphasizing Kisambira's role as a whistleblower who spoke out about the exploitation of the judiciary. The flyer states, "Kisambira is ready to be punished or sacked but won't be silenced."

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It is a very good debate that is going on especially for the workers' pay in this country just after the recent celebration of the International Workers' Day on 1st May, 2023.

Apart from that African politics of Uganda National Resistance Movement, the workers day celebrations were about a living wage.

 

The Union members and their struggles all over the world have their International Workers Movement. Eight-hour day movement that advocated 8 hours work for any worker. 8 hours recreation. And 8 hours rest.

One cannot see any wrong with this worker discussing about his small wages as compared to the wages of some of the African workers who are very rich multi-millionaires in this country!

 

 

IN UGANDA, THERE SHOULD BE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN AFRICAN SOCIAL WELFARE:

The Inspector General of Government, Ms. Kamya has decided to audit the lifestyle lives of government officials so that she can be able to arrest corrupt officials:

 24 October, 2021

The new Inspector General of Government, Ms Beti Kamya. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA

The office of Inspector General of Government (IGG) plans to adopt lifestyle audit to catch corrupt public officials in the next five years. 

IGG Beti Kamya said her vision is to quickly reverse the massive theft in public offices by making citizens know that the cost of corruption is why they cannot have the services they pay for.

“We want to exhibit the faces of corruption in every classroom, living room place of worship, entertainment and every bedroom so that everybody can recognise it,” she said.

Ms Kamya, who was meeting the European Union (EU) delegation led by Ambassador Attilio Pacifici in Kampala on Thursday, cited the case of multi-billion property confiscated by the court from Geoffrey Kazinda and forfeited to government.

Ms Kamya said in the lifestyle audit, the IGG would push for even primary school children to recognise illicit wealth at home and ask their parents whether their salary can afford the new expensive car, luxurious houses, overseas schools and holidays they enjoy abroad.

 

The poor African man with a walking stick

 

“We want teachers in posh schools to give home work to their 10-year-olds in 5th Grade to write down their fathers name, place of work, job title, and car they drive and its cost, a picture of their houses and discuss it openly in class,” she said.

Ms Kamya said she also wants adults and children to start being embarrassed and ashamed of their unexplainable wealth.

“We value our engagement with the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah and ask for support to rally MPs in the fight and we intend to engage the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice and the Leader of Opposition in Parliament,” she added.

Findings

Ms Kamya said preliminary findings show that Uganda is losing Shs20 trillion annually to corruption, which totals our entire annual revenue collection from taxes.

“It is criminal that poor Ugandan break their backs to work and pay taxes, but very few people take it all for themselves to live luxurious lifestyle and have massive wealth that they cannot consume in their lifetime,” she said.

Ms Patricia Achan, the deputy IGG, said through the Leadership Code Act, they will raise the verification activity, beginning with the staff of the IGG, then verify wealth declaration of all accounting officers.

“The intention is to rescue at least 20 percent of the Shs20 trillion lost per year,” she said.

 “We need to give corruption a face, unmask and expose its face so that everybody can recognise it. It will incite Ugandan to despise it, hate and avoid it,” she said.

Ms Cissy Kagaba, the executive director of Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, said adopting the lifestyle audit was a good measure, but the IGG should capture every one and not pick on only a few individuals.

“After the lifestyle auditing, we want to know what next because people often make declarations, but the issue of verification has been a challenge,” she said.

 

About lifestyle audit

Lifestyle audits, also known as lifestyle checks or lifestyle monitoring, are an accountability tool that can be used to detect and prevent corruption. Such audits are conducted when the visible lifestyle or standard of living of an individual appears to exceed their known income level. The detection of such discrepancies can raise the red flag, warranting closer inspection.

In such instances, an assessment of the individual’s income, assets and investments can be undertaken to determine if such seemingly extravagant expenditures could have come from illicit gains. If the audit shows a mismatch between a person’s known income and assets compared to their lifestyle and spending patterns, then there is an increased risk that the person is deriving alternative income from sources that constitute a conflict of interest or illegal activity, including embezzlement and bribery.

As verification often includes assessments of an official’s household, the approach is particularly helpful in detecting whether corrupt proceeds could have been under the names of family members or associates.

Lifestyle audits are best used in conjunction with other anti-corruption measures, including the criminalisation of illicit enrichment, establishing obligations for regular declarations of assets, incomes and interests, as well as unexplained wealth orders.

However, the viability of this approach is contingent on public access to the content of asset and income declarations, and the interest and ability of civil society to engage in lifestyle audits concealed.

Source: Transparency International

OBWAVU BUTUUSIZZA ABAZADDE OKUSUULA ABAANA WANO E BUGANDA

Posted on 15th December, 2014

There are 300 girls on records in The western province of Uganda who have been defiled in a year without the police being able to help out:

9th March, 2017

UGANDA, RAKAI/SEMBABULE. At least 306 girls were defiled in Rakai District last year, a new survey has revealed.
According to the survey titled ‘Status on child protection in Rakai District,’ carried out by the district probation office, another 64 girls below 17 years disappeared from their parents’ homes and are believed to have engaged in early marriages.
“According to the information we have, more than 3,362 children between the ages of 10 and 17 are already mothers as a result of early marriages,” the report reads in part.
Speaking during the launch of the renewed campaign on violence against children including child sacrifice at Rakai District headquarters on Tuesday, Ms Suzan Nakawojwa, the district probation officer, said there is a lot of stigma surrounding defilement since some family members and people close to the victims are often the perpetrators.
“Many victims choose to suffer in silence and do not report such cases to my office and police. This has somehow frustrated our efforts to fight this crime,” she said.
The report further indicates that three children were reported to have died as a result of ritual sacrifice, two due to torture inflicted on them by their parents, 19 were abducted while six were stolen from their mothers.
Ms Justine Nakayenga, the facilitator of child sponsorship and development at World Vision-Uganda, said they decided to re-energise their efforts due to the increasing violation of children rights. She said the new campaign will be rolled out in three districts of Rakai, Buikwe and Nakasongola and will focus mainly on the two most affected sub-counties in each district.

Statistics
“In Rakai, Kyalulangira and Lwamagwa were selected depending on the information released by National Population Census of 2014, which indicated that a total of 664 children married below the age of 17 as 600 children below the age of 17 from both sub-counties had given birth,” she said.
Mr Latif Nakibinge, the district Grade 1 Magistrate said: “As judicial officers, we don’t fail justice in such matters, but parents and guardians do. After reporting the matter to police, they simply return home and sometimes fail to provide evidence to pin the suspects.”

editorial@ug.nationmedia.com

 

Abaana abato ababazadde Abasiraamu bagaliddwa ku Police nabazadde baabwe! 

 

Some of the arrested children at Kira Division Police Station in Wakiso.

Photo by Abubaker Lubowa 

By Stephen Kafeero

 

Posted  Thursday, March 19  2015 

 

Kampala. Six days since 24 children between two and 12 years were rescued from suspected terror cells, no one has come out to claim them.

Addressing journalists at Kira Divisional Police headquarters, Police spokesperson Fred Enanga appealed to the public to provide information, if any, so that the children can be reunited with their families.

“We want the public to identify these children because their parents have not claimed them to-date. The children are very young, they are missing their childhood and are already detached from the love and care of their parents.”

On March 13, Mr Enanga says police officers raided the home of Hajati Mariam Uthman in Mpoma, Mukono District, and recovered nine children. 

The following day, Mr Enanga adds, police raided the home of former ADF operative Hajji Abdul Rashid Mbaziira in Namawojolo, Mukono District, where they recovered 14 children. The children claimed Mbaziira is their father. Police later rescued another child from Namayingo District. They suspect that all the 24 children were being radicalised. 

“They were being taught under facilities which are not recognised or licensed. The children were also hardened and indoctrinated by being told who their enemies are,” Mr Enanga says. Both Mbazira, who was granted amnesty in the past when it emerged that he had been part of the ADF and Uthman together with two others are detained in Nalufenya Police Station, in Jinja District for questioning.

Mr Enanga said police was able to recover valuable evidence from the two crime scenes but could not divulge more information citing that the case is under investigation 

However, one of the children Daily Monitor interviewed said Mr Mbaziira was their father although they have different mothers.

By age 14, Enanga said the children disappear mysteriously but an investigation was underway to find out their destination.

“We discovered that they are taken out through Buvuma Island to an unknown destination and our investigators are looking into it already.”

Enanga also observed that investigations were still ongoing to find out if the parents of the children were either complicit or turned a blind eye to events that got their children here. 

Last year, Police raided several Madarasas which they said were indoctrinating children in the guise of teaching them Islam.

sdkafeero@ug.nationmedia.com

 

 

M/s Elizabeth Nandoola has of recent been accused by Police of practising witchcraft in Uganda.

 

M/s Elizabeth with family and on lookers of her

village community

 

PHOTO

By Simon Ssekidde of newvision media

By Simon Ssekidde:

 

A 62-year-old woman has been expelled from a village over practicing witchcraft which reportedly led to the death of two residents and caused strange illness to others.

Elizabeth Nandaalo,  a resident of Nsaamu village in Kyali parish, Mpigi town council was early this week expelled from the village during a meeting presided over by Muhammad Kazibwe the village chairperson.

Nandaalo was accused among other things of casting a spell on Rosemary Nakibuuka wife to Semeo Tamale that caused her death, and also caused strange illness to eight residents who had misunderstandings with her.

Semeo Tamale narrated to residents who had gathered in the meeting of how Nandaalo came to their home and found her wife cooking food and she started quarreling with her over their 12-year-old son who went to Nandaalo’s place and destroyed her property when playing with his friends.

Tamale said that Nandaalo went ahead and warned them that they were about to witness something strange in their home and within a week his wife died under unclear circumstances.

“She came at our home and quarreled with my wife and warned us that we were to witness something strange and within a week my wife who was not sick died under unclear circumstances” Tamale tearfully told the gathering.

Residents tried to lynch Nandaalo but she fled and sought refuge at Mpigi police station and Inspector Joseph Musana the Katonga regional police commander in charge of community policing intervened and restored order at the village.

Musana warned residents against taking the law in their hands because it will lead to the suffering of their families when they are put in prison.

He however, sensitized residents about witchcraft and said it is a crime and anyone who engages in such acts is liable to a 10 years sentence uopn conviction. 

He advised them to usually report such matters to police for guidance because such misunderstandings have led to loss of lives of innocent people.

Nabakooza denied the allegations.

 

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