Audit Bugiri, RDC Orders

By Jonathan Angura BUGIRI Resident District Commissioner Mary Owor has directed the chief administrative officer to audit the town council books following alleged failure by the town clerk to produce a financial report to the new mayor and his council.The directive follows a complaint by the new mayor, Mr. Kassim Babi, to the effect that during the handover to his council, the town clerk, Yakub Byakika, did not give a report on the financial status of the town council.“It is true that when we took over there was no report from the town clerk, not even bank statements. So, I wrote to him demanding to know what was happening and that is what prompted the RDC to direct that auditing be done,” Babi said. He said the audit had already started.He told The New Vision at the weekend that some funds from the Government were not released in time because accountability for the previous releases and work plans were not produced.He cited sh20m released to his council “but accountability has been delayed and more funds can not be released yet the financial year is ending.” A recent meeting of the district departmental heads proposed that the CAO and his technical staff make the work plans and budgets for the council. The deputy RDC, Mr. Michael Bwalatum, said there was mismanagement in the town council leading to poor sewage disposal and bad drainage.Ends