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The Uganda Income Authority (URA) has come underneath intense scrutiny from legislators of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) for failing to make use of Shs 60 billion as deliberate.
The query for solutions arose throughout the ongoing investigation into the irregularities that emerged within the Auditor Basic’s report for 2021/2022.
Through the committee assembly on Thursday, July 13, 2023, the committee members urged URA staff to offer a concrete clarification of the unused assets allotted within the funds.
Through the investigation, Kasese Municipality Member of Parliament Hon. Ferigo Kambale, charged URA’s Commissioner Basic, John Musinguzi, with the circumstances through which URA failed to make use of the funds regardless of having a buyback plan in place previous to funds approval.
“If the procurement plan, which ought to have been used for these tenders, was accredited, how is it attainable that greater than SRD 65 billion has remained unused?” he puzzled.
In response, Musinguzi attributed the matter to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had disrupted their procurement plans. He defined that a lot of the objects on the acquisition listing have been meant for the IT division, however on account of pandemic-related delays and provide chain disruptions, the required supplies, particularly microchips, couldn’t be procured.
Musinguzi additional highlighted the challenges in automobile procurement because of the impression of the pandemic.
“We skilled delays on account of COVID-19 and provide chain disruptions, particularly with regard to microchips. Buying autos in bulk can be hampered by the disruptions brought on by the pandemic. As well as, there have been inside challenges, notably in our IT programs,” says Musinguzi.
Kyadondo County East Member of Parliament, Hon. Muwada Nkunyingi, famous that there’s a want for an investigation into the delayed begin of tenders by URAs that led to non-raising of funds.
Diana Kisaka, URA’s deputy finance commissioner, reported that there’s a listing of things that took longer than anticipated they usually have been unable to withdraw the cash.
“In some overdue circumstances, the tender didn’t begin on time, however they’re actually overdue, particularly as a result of the method actually took longer.
The committee instructed URA officers to return on the subsequent assembly with a listing of tax-exempt corporations.
A day earlier, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, Musinguzi and his staff have been kicked out of a gathering with the fee for allegedly being ill-prepared of their responses to a number of items of land obtained by the tax authorities.
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Committee on Commissions, Statutary Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) Expenses Uganda Income Authority (URA) Over Shs 60 Billion Tender Failure
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