Shortly after meeting the Commissioners, Museveni directed the Inspector General of Government IGG, Criminal Investigations Directorate CID and the Office of the Auditor General OAG to act on the report. Solomon Muyita, the Judiciary spokesperson has confirmed the handover of the report to the president and the presidential order for investigations.
Evidence before the UNRA probe commission reveals that Ephraim Ntagandas planned Excellent Assorted Manufacturers Ltd was never cleared by the National Environment Management Authority.
The Auditor general, John Muwanga says the mandate of his office stops at providing parliament with timely audit reports on Uganda National Roads Authority.
Engineer Mark Odongo, the executive director Road Fund told the commission that at some point, he wrote to the Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija, and asked that the Auditor General be requested to carry out a forensic audit of UNRA, which was done but the report is still shelved in Parliament.
Uganda National Roads Authority officials allegedly defrauded the road fund by partly making payments in cash, which is prohibited for government agencies in the treasury law.
Uganda National Roads Authority Executive Director, Allen Kagina says the construction unit of the authority is meant to reduce costs, but also develop their own capacity to construct roads.
Engineer Patrick Rusongoza, one of the UNRA Probe Commission noted that the Solicitor General wasnt even satisfied with the valuation report of the building when he objected to the contract.
In his testimony to the Commission early this week, Charles Muganzi, the former Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport blamed World Bank for the sub-standard work executed on the Pakwach-Nebbi road.
The engineer who supervised Pakwach-Nebbi road works, Bruno Musoke has told the UNRA probe commission that the road is failing because of increased traffic to South Sudan.
Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Transport, Charles Muganzi tells the UNRA commission that the World Bank dictated some aspects that affected quality of the Pakwach-Nebbi road.
However, Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, the Chairperson of the UNRA Commission of Inquiry says the road is in a worse state than it was before it was upgraded from gravel to bitumen in 2005.
The UNRA probe commission has found that out of the six roads they have investigated, government loses 137 billion shillings in the construction of each of the roads.
The tax payer lost over 60 billion shillings after Uganda National Roads Authority concealed information about cost increments, lack of a road design and prolongation costs.
The Uganda National Roads Authority probe committee heard that former Executive Director, Eng. Peter Ssebanakitta on several occasions wrote letters to the evaluation committee asking that requirements on academic qualification and equipment be waived.
