IG Arrests Rakai District Officials Over Diversion Of Public Property
July 25, 2023
The Inspectorate of Government (IG) on July 24, 2023 arrested three officials from Rakai district over diversion of public property.
The officials include; Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Mr. Edward Kamya, District Education Officer (DEO), Mr. Stephen Ssemutoono and the Vice LCV chairperson, Mr. Ismael Bwanika.
Rakai District Local Government procured furniture using the School Facilities Grant under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) Programme.
The procuring entity handed over furniture (12 desks) to Mr. Ssemutono for distribution.
During the handover, Mr. Bwanika offered to deliver the desks to Kiganda Primary School in Luanda Sub-County, which had been earmarked to receive the furniture.
Mr. Bwanika, who is also the area Councilor of Kiganda village allegedly delivered only six desks to Kiganda Primary School and diverted the other seven desks to Kiganda Secondary School, which he co-owns.
According to IG investigations, both the Deputy CAO and the DEO failed to play their supervisory role, which led to the diversion of the property.