CHOGM SCANDAL:IGG clears Mbabazi
the spendings on the $5m TETRA communication system deal was found valid by the commission.
The inspectorate of government has cleared the Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi of mismanagement the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) funds.
On Tuesday after the arrest of former vice President Gilbert Bukenya over abuse of office, MPs demanded the arrest of other ministers implicated in the mismanagement of billions of public funds meant for the 2007 CHOGM summit.
Mbabazi who was security minister at the time, was implicated in the May 2010 Parliamentary Public accounts committee (PAC) report which found him guilty of “influence peddling” in the deal awarded to Balton Uganda (Ltd) at $5m (about Shs11b) by the CHOGM security sub committee.
PAC recommended that Mbabazi who was the Inspector General of CHOGM, be held responsible for his “hidden interest” in the $5m TETRA communication system deal where on his command the money was spent outside the budget approved by parliament for CHOGM.
But in a report released by the Inspector General of Government (IGG) Raphael Baku in June 2011, Mbabazi was cleared of alleged influence peddling, conflict of interest, causing financial and flouting procurement laws which many people have continued to protest.
Source: www.newvision.co.ug
