Mbale education officials accused of fraud
Feb 07, 2008
The Mbale municipal education officer, Joy Manana, and her department should be probed for incompetence and inability to manage the section, according to the commission of inquiry into the mismanagement of public affairs in Mbale Municipal Council.
By Josephine Maseruka
The Mbale municipal education officer, Joy Manana, and her department should be probed for incompetence and inability to manage the section, according to the commission of inquiry into the mismanagement of public affairs in Mbale Municipal Council.
“The district service commission should review their appointments and discipline those found wanting,†the four-member probe team said in a report.
The report said Manana should be punished for colluding with Moses Nangendo, a head teacher, to continue being a signatory to the bank accounts of Maluku Primary School after he was transferred to Wambogo Memorial School.
Manana was also accused of deleting teachers from the payroll without their consent.
In July 2002, she allegedly deleted Joan Namusole from the teachers’ payroll and put her on a non-teaching staff list.
A total of sh176,732 was deducted monthly from Namusole’s salary because she was given a code for a Grade Three teacher yet she is a Grade One teacher. She has accumulated sh2m in arrears.
Namusole, a masters degree holder, was appointed to head a Grade One primary school by the district commission but the town clerk instead asked her to teach Primary Two pupils.
The probe team, chaired by Fiona Egunyu, a former MP of Ngora county in Kumi district found that the irregularities in the department had lowered the education standards in the municipality.
Some of the concerns raised included irregular appointment and dismissal of teachers without the knowledge of the district commission.
“Deployment of teachers and head teachers was not done in a transparent manner. Some teachers related to Manana are deployed in big schools, while others are either deployed in substandard schools or not at all,†Egunyu observed. The commission wants the Police to probe the staff recruitment, qualification, deployment and performance. The report also revealed that some Grade Three teachers were heading Grade One schools.
“Moses Mutambo Munialo, a Grade Three teacher has been heading Aghakan Primary School, a Grade One school,†the report read.
Irregular salary payments were also noted, with some teachers earning the salary of a Grade One head teacher yet they not entitled to it.
The Mbale municipal education officer, Joy Manana, and her department should be probed for incompetence and inability to manage the section, according to the commission of inquiry into the mismanagement of public affairs in Mbale Municipal Council.
“The district service commission should review their appointments and discipline those found wanting,†the four-member probe team said in a report.
The report said Manana should be punished for colluding with Moses Nangendo, a head teacher, to continue being a signatory to the bank accounts of Maluku Primary School after he was transferred to Wambogo Memorial School.
Manana was also accused of deleting teachers from the payroll without their consent.
In July 2002, she allegedly deleted Joan Namusole from the teachers’ payroll and put her on a non-teaching staff list.
A total of sh176,732 was deducted monthly from Namusole’s salary because she was given a code for a Grade Three teacher yet she is a Grade One teacher. She has accumulated sh2m in arrears.
Namusole, a masters degree holder, was appointed to head a Grade One primary school by the district commission but the town clerk instead asked her to teach Primary Two pupils.
The probe team, chaired by Fiona Egunyu, a former MP of Ngora county in Kumi district found that the irregularities in the department had lowered the education standards in the municipality.
Some of the concerns raised included irregular appointment and dismissal of teachers without the knowledge of the district commission.
“Deployment of teachers and head teachers was not done in a transparent manner. Some teachers related to Manana are deployed in big schools, while others are either deployed in substandard schools or not at all,†Egunyu observed. The commission wants the Police to probe the staff recruitment, qualification, deployment and performance. The report also revealed that some Grade Three teachers were heading Grade One schools.
“Moses Mutambo Munialo, a Grade Three teacher has been heading Aghakan Primary School, a Grade One school,†the report read.
Irregular salary payments were also noted, with some teachers earning the salary of a Grade One head teacher yet they not entitled to it.