Nagenda attacks World Bank
Apr 29, 2011
FORMER Uganda Wildlife Authority Board Chairman, John Nagenda, yesterday blamed the World Bank for the delay of the authority’s sh50.5b conservation.
By Anne Mugisa
FORMER Uganda Wildlife Authority Board Chairman, John Nagenda, yesterday blamed the World Bank for the delay of the authority’s sh50.5b conservation.
Nagenda, who was testifying before the commission of inquiry probing alleged mismanagement of UWA’s Protected Areas Management for Sustainable Use (PAMUSU) project, said the World Bank had a demeaning attitude towards the Ugandan counterparts.
“We had an uneasy relationship,†Nagenda said. “They delayed the projects from point to point and we were very willing to concede,†he said.
The PAMUSU project was funded by a World Bank loan of about sh70b and the Government of Uganda.
Nagenda absolved former UWA Executive Director, Moses Mapesa of wrongdoing or failing the project. An earlier witness in the immediate former Board, Swaleh Masokoyi had testified two days earlier and implicated Mapesa in practices that were contrary to the procedures set for running UWA. Masokoyi testified that this led of misappropriation of money.
Nagenda, however, said if construction work at the headquarters, staff houses and offices in the parks was not done, those who did not do it should have been taken to court.
According to Nagenda’s testimony, there was little supervision of UWA by the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry.
Nagenda said the Board did not have enough money to supervise everything upcountry and only met four times a year.
FORMER Uganda Wildlife Authority Board Chairman, John Nagenda, yesterday blamed the World Bank for the delay of the authority’s sh50.5b conservation.
Nagenda, who was testifying before the commission of inquiry probing alleged mismanagement of UWA’s Protected Areas Management for Sustainable Use (PAMUSU) project, said the World Bank had a demeaning attitude towards the Ugandan counterparts.
“We had an uneasy relationship,†Nagenda said. “They delayed the projects from point to point and we were very willing to concede,†he said.
The PAMUSU project was funded by a World Bank loan of about sh70b and the Government of Uganda.
Nagenda absolved former UWA Executive Director, Moses Mapesa of wrongdoing or failing the project. An earlier witness in the immediate former Board, Swaleh Masokoyi had testified two days earlier and implicated Mapesa in practices that were contrary to the procedures set for running UWA. Masokoyi testified that this led of misappropriation of money.
Nagenda, however, said if construction work at the headquarters, staff houses and offices in the parks was not done, those who did not do it should have been taken to court.
According to Nagenda’s testimony, there was little supervision of UWA by the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry.
Nagenda said the Board did not have enough money to supervise everything upcountry and only met four times a year.