Why is Ssebutinde bothering again?
Oct 20, 2002
SIR— I have been following the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into corruption in the Uganda Revenue Authority led by Justice Julia Ssebutinde with a lot of anxiety
SIR— I have been following the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into corruption in the Uganda Revenue Authority led by Justice Julia Ssebutinde with a lot of anxiety. To me it is a like a sweet story from one of those favourite novels that many of you read. It does not sound strange either. Many Ugandans have heard of it before. But it is sweet, you can hardly avoid it. Most of the commissions of inquiry just bring to the public an open secret, like that policemen are corrupt. Who did not know that? Who does not know of URA’s millionaires whose salaries are peanuts, but own multi-million properties around the country? We all know it, but
what do we do? We heap praises on these young ladies and men. We say they are bright, and give them all sorts of encouraging names.
And this is why I write now to express my displeasure. The millionaire policemen who featured prominently in an earlier investigation are quietly enjoying their loot. None has even greeted a judge in the premises of a court.
Other reports are gathering dust on the shelves. I strongly believe that the URA inquiry report will suffer the same fate. Then one asks why we should continue wasting public funds to make commissions of inquiry that are not released to the public?
We need the inquiries to be made public or else in the future the responsible people may find themselves in uneasy situations, or even prosecuted. That is the only way the money can justifiably be ccounted for.
Kimuli Mutebi,
Hamburg, Germany
what do we do? We heap praises on these young ladies and men. We say they are bright, and give them all sorts of encouraging names.
And this is why I write now to express my displeasure. The millionaire policemen who featured prominently in an earlier investigation are quietly enjoying their loot. None has even greeted a judge in the premises of a court.
Other reports are gathering dust on the shelves. I strongly believe that the URA inquiry report will suffer the same fate. Then one asks why we should continue wasting public funds to make commissions of inquiry that are not released to the public?
We need the inquiries to be made public or else in the future the responsible people may find themselves in uneasy situations, or even prosecuted. That is the only way the money can justifiably be ccounted for.
Kimuli Mutebi,
Hamburg, Germany