Four Police officers on forced leave

Jun 20, 2009

FOUR senior Police officials have been sent on leave to allow investigations into alleged “ghosts” on the force’s payroll. The deputy Inspector General of Police, Julius Odwe, yesterday told <i>Saturday Vision </i>that the officers’ fate would onl

By Chris Kiwawulo

FOUR senior Police officials have been sent on leave to allow investigations into alleged “ghosts” on the force’s payroll.

The deputy Inspector General of Police, Julius Odwe, yesterday told Saturday Vision that the officers’ fate would only be decided after conclusive investigations into the matter.

Those sent on leave are Primo Nyokatri, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Personnel, Dennis Twinamatsiko, Justus Owamazima and Duncan Akatukwasa.
All the four were in Police administration.
“We agreed that they leave office to pave way for investigations,” said Odwe.

The Police administration had instituted a committee to probe what he referred to as “administrative gaps” that were recently discovered in the force.
The officers will continue receiving their salaries, according to Odwe.

Media reports on Thursday said the officers were being accused of creating ‘ghosts’ on the payroll, causing a financial loss of about sh1b.
The reports said the Police had been losing about sh1b annually for some unspecified period.

It was also reported that this arose due to “porous recruitment process of Special Police Constables”.

The first documented evidence of ‘ghosts’ in the Police force was unearthed in the 2005 Auditor General’s report to the Parliament.

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