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Day: August 14, 2021

Nambooze Discovers Ghost EMYOOGA SACCOs in Mukono Municipality

Nambooze Discovers Ghost EMYOOGA SACCOs in Mukono Municipality

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Following the deputy speaker's directive on MPs to probe on EMYOGA funds utilisation, the legislators across the country are currently moving around in their constituencies to assess disbursement of the Emyooga money. Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze unearthed a number of irregularities amongst the officials who were tasked to run the program in the municipality. She discovered a SACCO of elected leaders led by the central division GISO, Kizito Magera and his wife, Nambooze says that some politicians are also getting the same money that is meant for low income earners. According to Nambooze, some of the SACCOs belong to elected leaders who are mandated to monitor and oversee the implementation of government programs. "It is out of law politicians are not mandated to use this money, th...