Uganda Railways Corporation’s Officials In Trouble Over Fraudulently Off Government Property
Officials from the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) were sent away from the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) for lack of proper documentation on the sale of the corporation property.
The officials had appeared before the committee to answer queries in the Auditor General’s report about the inventories and status of property ownership.
Committee Chairperson, Hon Joel Ssenyonyi said the committee was not satisfied with the land in question that was sold without the knowledge of the government entity.
“Being a government entity, the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets procedures had to be followed during the disposal. What was the rationale? Does this mean URC has a lot of property? Were you looking for money and decided to sell?” he asked....