OAG Muwanga reports that the Local Government misuse of public funds, while Court Awards are going unpaid!

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Parts of this has been reported before, but that was as reports of the coverage from Parliament as the Auditor General John Muwanga we’re attending preliminary sessions and delivering OAG Report of 31st December 2016, which is the end of year report from the OAG. That one has stories to tell. Parts of this are known, but they are proving that words in Parliament had other numbers than the report that is released later on online. Still, the vast waste of funds and the unallocated or unaccounted funds proves questionable use of public coffers in the Local Government, the districts, parish and municipalities. These funds are important that is well spent and accounted for, because the funds are supposed to go to local government salaries and investments for the citizens. Therefore the mismanagement of this is thieving or maladministration from the civil servants or the locally elected officials. Take a look!

Outstanding Court Awards:

“Government had outstanding amounts in court awards, compensations and other liabilities totaling to UGX.684Bn as at 30th June 2016. The outstanding amount in Court awards and compensations has been accumulating over the last five financial years raising from 54Bn to now 684Bn. I observed that as a result of government’s failure to pay these court awards on time, the awards have accumulated interest and in some instances the interest has exceeded the principal award. As at the close of the year outstanding interest had accumulated to UGX.175.3Bn” (OAG, P: 12, 2016).

Local Government issues:

“The amount is comprised of UGX .1.310Bn which lacked procurement files, UGX.21.225Bn where there was breach of procurement procedures, UGX .4.695Bn involving inadequate contract management and UGX.0.315Bn of unauthorized contract variations. Conse­quently, it becomes difficult to ascertain whether value for money was achieved” (…) “Expenditure amounting to UGX.3.896Bn was identified as funds unaccounted for. Consequently, I could not confirm that the funds were utilized for the intended purposes. The delayed submission of accountability may also lead to falsification of documents resulting into loss of funds. This was caused by failure of Accounting Officers to enforce accountability controls and lack of an advances ledger to monitor advances” (…) “Regulation 32 of the Local Governments Financial and Accounting Regulations, 2007 requires Councils to ensure collection of all budgeted revenue in an approved manner. Review of revenue performance revealed significant under collection of Local revenue in 161 Councils amounting to UGX.17.165Bn” (OAG, P: 31, 2016). “Out of 307 Local Governments, 148 entities representing 48% of the Local governments lacked land titles for the land where council properties are located. There is a risk that council land is exposed to encroachment and disputes which later leads to litigation in courts of law arising from land disputes between the Councils and the Communities” (OAG, P: 33, 2016).

Here you can see the numbers and it is dozens of Presidential Handshakes, the handshakes of the President could go unaccounted for a dozens of times. That the Government have learned from the Parliament and Central Government is clear, since this is rampant and seems to indicated in many local governments. It cannot be okay that the lacking of documentation and of how the monies where spent. Of how and where the documentations went before the allocation of the funds. That shows malpractice and maladministration in the Local Government. Something that is also evident in the Courts, the Courts hasn’t paid out their awards on time and adds extra interests, which the government have to pay as well. Peace.

Reference:

Office of Auditor General (OAG) – ‘Extracts of the Summary of Key Findings of the Annual Report of the Auditor General for the Year Ended 31st December 2016’ (31.12.2016)

Uganda: Fix the Disparities in Performance at PLE (18.01.2017)

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Burundi: Le Gouvernement du Burundi nationalisé la société de fibre optique BBS. Le contrat de PPP qui le liait au privé est résilié (16.01.2017)

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Gambia: President Jammeh declares a state of emergency, as he refuses to step down (17.01.2017)

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FrPs holdninger og argumentasjoner kommer til torgs med slike som Brataas..

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Ja, hvis Brataas hadde vært en seriøs politiker så hadde prøvd med lure og kloke velsmidde argument for å stoppe med dieselbil forbudet i Oslo. Dette med tanke på luftkvaliteten og synkende temperaturer kan skape farlige verdier og luft som skade de med luftveisproblemer. Dette kan medføre problemer for de som har Astma og kols i Oslo-Regionen. Dette kan også medføre til at flere andre blir syke og svake ettersom luften ikke akkurat er ren. Dette kunne Brataas hatt motargument for og begrunnet hvorfor hun synes Dieselbil forbudet er helt ubrukelig. Istedenfor bruker hun kjent FrP politiske argumenter som er tatt ut av en annen verden. Deretter unnskylde seg med ordelag fra den regionen hun er oppvokst i, som ikke akkurat er renvasker henne ei heller hennes tone mot politisk motstander.

Det er snakk om ren-luft og lufting av ideer. Det er greit Oslo Fremskrittspartiet og andre liberalister misliker og vil kvitte seg med blokader, forbud og reguleringer av alle mulige slag. Gjerne også gjøre de rike, rikere om du vil. Det er helt opp til Fremskrittspartiet om dette er målet med partiet. Det dette handler om er hvordan et bystyremedlem i Oslo karakterisere en annen politiker. Dette ligner på når Per Sandberg i 2015 sa dette:
«Kristelig Folkeparti har et enormt ansvar for at flere titalls mennesker, unge mennesker, født og oppvokst i Norge, som reiser ut og slutter seg til terrororganisasjoner, driver med krigshandlinger og massakrerer barn og kvinner der ute. Dette er det Kristelig Folkeparti som har ønsket, og resultatet ser vi i dag» (Glomnes, 2015).

Det er nok mange som har glemt dette kom fra en av generalene for Fremskrittspartiet. Så når en som har en mindre posisjon i partiet kommer slike uttalelser på sosial media som Braatas, da blir man ikke skuffet, men ser at det er noe som er bare dette partiet verdig. At de får mennesker som kan behandle slikt. Per Sandberg ville ikke beklage seg for sin håndtering og holdning ovenfor KrF i 2015. Så hvorfor vil Brataas forsvare sine ord og handling mot politiker fra Miljøpartiet de Grønne (MDG).

Kristin Brataas skrev dette:
«Jeg blir så inni granskauen forbanne på dette «fittetryne» av ei vietnamesermegge. Send henne og hennes likesinnede til Vietnam eller Nord-Korea hvor denne kommunistiske diktatoriske sekten passer inn !!!» (VG, 2017).

Dette ble skrevet om Lan Marie Nguyen Berg etter det ble kjent og tredd i kraft dieselbil forbud i Oslo. Fordi FrP Politikerne liker ikke komme med konstruktiv kritikk eller politisk rammeverk. Alt omhandler vår etnisitet eller vår bakgrunn. Vi gjør som vi gjør fordi vi de vi er. Det er det FrP sikter til, de vet på bakgrunn av vår etnisitet så vil vi passe i diktatoriske stater. Fordi MDG og deres samarbeidspartnere i Oslo har satt i gang et forbund i forsøk på forbedre situasjonen.

At FrP har et problem og illevarslende problem bør skinne klart. De har både i sentral ledelse og på lokalplan som ikke kan diskutere politikk uten å måtte karikere og dekonstruere individ. Der de må gå på rase og etnisitet, ikke gå på direkte politiske argumenter eller tanker om hvorfor man kan ønske nasjonen annerledes. Både Sandbergs argument mot KrF og Braatas sitt utsagn er forkastelig, begredelig og trist. At de må gå og si slike ting. Sandberg og Brataas, vet ikke bedre, de kan ikke bedre og vil ikke bli fordi det er dem de er. Men om det er slik, så er jeg like som dem. Som allerede karikere dem for å være FrPere. Jeg tror innerst inne at de vet bedre og skjønner hva de sier. De vil bare ikke gi slipp på sine fiendtlige holdninger mot andre og gjør andre til offer. Istedenfor å se seg selv i speilet.

At de er FrPere vil ikke si at de nødvendigvis skal te seg slik, men mange av de gjør det. Det er mange som sikkert er vennligsinnede, men noen av de har menneskesyn som for meg bedrøvelig og gjør meg saktmodig. De glemmer og de tror at vi gjør det. Jeg gjør ikke, denne typen holdning og bruk av ord mot medmennesker er ikke korrekt. Det stemmer ikke og viser en viss holdning om at hun Brataas kan dømme mennesker og har retten til å sende likesinnede til diktatur. Altså at ironisk nok så skal Brataas diktere MDG og byrådet i Oslo, til å sende andre som gjør politisk håndverk og kvitte seg med meningsmotstandere. Det er greit. Det er tingen for Brataas. Det er tragisk, men det var kanskje det hun mente, akkurat som Sandberg som ville gi skylden på KrF for massakre i Syria.

Det er sannelig på tide: at de uredelige FrPere tar seg sammen og ber unnskyldning for sine ord og sine tanker om medmennesker. At man uten et knyss bare sender avgårde salver som ikke hører noen plass hjemme. Mot meningsmotstandere fordi den de er og hvem de tilhører. Det er helt banalt og helt utrolig at FrP kan leve med det. De vil ha disse menneskene som ønsker ikke likesinnede uvel og alt vondt. Det er vel det som betegnes partiet “for folk flest”, bare ikke for folk flest som er ulike fra oss selv. Peace.

Referense:

Glomnes, Lars Molteberg – ‘Per Sandberg mener KrF har bidratt til IS-massakrene’ (19.02.2015) link: http://www.aftenposten.no/norge/politikk/Per-Sandberg-mener-KrF-har-bidratt-til-IS-massakrene-64018b.html

VG – ‘Frp-er måtte fjerne rasistisk Facebook-melding’ (17.01.2017) link: http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/oslo/frp-er-maatte-fjerne-rasistisk-facebook-melding/a/23900117/

European Union considers the easing of the sanctions on Sudan as an important step (17.01.2017)

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Somalia: Humanitarians launch US$864 million appeal to reach 3.9 million People (17.01.2017)

 

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The Humanitarian Response Plan for Somalia for 2017 plan was launched today in Mogadishu with calls to the international community for timely support to help bolster humanitarian operations and meet urgent humanitarian needs.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 17, 2017 -The humanitarian community in Somalia is seeking US$864 million to reach 3.9 million people with urgent life-saving humanitarian assistance. The Humanitarian Response Plan for Somalia for 2017 plan was launched today in Mogadishu with calls to the international community for timely support to help bolster humanitarian operations and meet urgent humanitarian needs.

“The humanitarian situation remains grim for millions of Somalis. We are faced with a slight but steady increase in the number of people in need, and most recently with a significant risk of further deterioration to famine,” said Peter de Clercq, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia.

The launch of the HRP comes against a backdrop of a worsening humanitarian situation in Somalia. Expanding drought conditions have left hundreds of thousands of Somalis facing severe food and water shortages. Overall, some 5 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. About 320,000 children under the age of 5 years are acutely malnourished and in need of urgent nutrition support. Of these, 50,000 children are severely malnourished and far more vulnerable than any other group.

Protection violations remain at the centre of the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and widespread human rights violations, instability and insecurity drive displacement and weaken the resilience of the most vulnerable. At least 1.1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other vulnerable people are exposed to protection risks. Some 3.3 million people lack access to emergency health services and require improved access to water, sanitation and hygiene. Giving birth is one of the greatest risks to a Somali woman’s life. The maternal mortality ratio for Somalia is among the highest in the world at 732 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Around 3 million school-age children are still out of school with numbers increasing and placing children at greater risk as the impacts of shocks deepen.

“Immediate support is required to prevent a significant deterioration of the humanitarian situation. Given the early warning provided by the humanitarian community and the Federal Government on the drought situation, early action is the only way to demonstrate that we have learnt the lessons from the past to avert another catastrophe,” added de Clercq.

The response plan seeks to strengthen emergency response preparedness measures, in collaboration with federal and local authorities, to mitigate the impact of predictable shocks and continue to build stronger linkages between life-saving and development-based durable solutions. It provides an opportunity for humanitarian and development actors to strengthen collaboration in addressing both life-saving and long term durable solutions to address underlying causes of vulnerability.

The 2017 plan is part of a three-year strategy (2016-2018), which recognizes that the drivers of risk and vulnerability in Somalia are largely cyclical and long-running, and cannot be resolved in a single year. Enhancing communities’ ability to cope with shocks through the long-term sustainable livelihood support and basic services, including durable solutions, in a community-based approach, will be vital in addressing underlying causes of vulnerabilities.

New drought risks in Ethiopia put recovery at risk (17.01.2017)

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FAO targets pastoralists in southern regions facing failed rains on heels of a calamitous El Niño.

ROME, Italy, January 17, 2017 -New drought across swathes of southern Ethiopia may jeopardize the East African nation’s restoration of food security after the worst agricultural seasons in decades unless urgent efforts are made to shore up vulnerable households in rural areas, FAO warned today.

While an impressive government-led humanitarian effort has sharply reduced the number of hungry during the worst drought in 50 years, the legacy of last year’s El Niño along with low rainfall during a critical season pose renewed risks now, especially for pastoral communities facing forage shortfalls and water scarcity in southern regions.

Safeguarding recent gains requires responding to the livelihood-sustaining needs of fragile households that lost or sold livestock and other assets, often adding to family debt burdens to cope with the worst El Niño in modern history.

Effective and timely action has reduced the number of people who will need food aid in 2017 to 5.6 million, down from almost twice as much last August, according to the newly released Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD). However, food security in 120 woredas (districts) has worsened since July, while 86 woredas are entering their third year (since December 2015) of top-priority emergency status.

The just-approved HRD, jointly developed by the Government of Ethiopia along with UN agencies, non-governmental organizations and other development partners, covers a range of subjects including education, access to water and nutrition. It advises that the bulk of the agriculture sector needs are related to assistance to pastoralists and agropastoralists livestock assistance – a total of $42 million is required by the sector to reach 1.9 million households, mainly in drought-affected southern and southeastern pastoral regions, this year.

Drought strikes again
While northern and western Ethiopia bore the brunt of El Niño, a new drought is emerging in southern and southeastern pastoral areas including Oromia, Somali and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region (SNNP) after poor, delayed and erratic rains curbed pasture and water availability. Some 80 percent of Ethiopians depend on agriculture and livestock for their livelihoods and an even higher share of the country’s arable land relies on seasonal rainfall.

Below-average precipitation has also affected neighboring Somalia and Kenya. The impact is expected to be most dire in early 2017 among livestock, with unusually early migrations, excess mortality rates and extreme emaciation.

FAO calls for an immediate response to support the food security and nutrition of households reliant on animals. Along with the provision of supplementary animal feed, especially along migratory routes, targeted destocking interventions will be implemented to make protein-rich meat available for vulnerable pastoral communities and support livestock prices in local markets.

Poorly-fed animals reproduce less frequently, lengthening the prospective time required to rebuild herds. For Ethiopian households, restocking after the loss of half of one’s cattle typically takes four years without adverse conditions.

Addressing fragility

Even though FAO’s support will focus on communities depending on livestock, some areas along the Rift Valley, however, especially in the northern and eastern highlands, are facing below-average crop production and therefore receive prioritized agricultural support as recovery will take longer than anticipated.

South Sudan refugees and their hosting communities in Gambella Region, are facing significant food availability and access challenges, and enabling households to produce more of their own food is essential.

After having reached 1.3 million farmers and herders affected by the El Niño-induced drought in 2016, FAO is appealing for $20 million to reach one million farming, agropastoral and pastoral households in 2017, with the aim of protecting gains made last year and preventing vulnerable households from slipping further into food insecurity.

FAO’s programme seeks in particular to support crop production, implement emergency response and resilience activities in the livestock sector, support livelihoods in refugee-hosting areas and strengthen coordination, information and analysis.

Is the M23 attack in Ishasha for political mileage for Kabila? Since Minister of Defense Oryem counter-claims the DRC confirmation of the new M23 insurgency!

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“The government of the DRC confirms Ishasha’s incursion of 2 groups of ex-M23 armed. FARDC”Lambert Mende confirms today.

The day after the terrible, but believable news that M23 surfaced into the North-Kivu and crossed from familiar borders from Congo. This as the M23 has had bases and armoury in Kisoro in the past. So it was rare that the Republic that harboured them and sheltered them would also we’re their we’re supposed to lay down their arms after the rebellion. So now years after the agreement and Nairobi Accords, the M23 goes back together with General Sultani Mukenga and 200 soldiers. They we’re 1600 soldiers during the 2013 battles in and around Goma. So since the news we’re coming quickly during the weekend, here is the main aftermath on this Monday!

Defence Minister Henry Oryem Okello of Uganda on M23:

“We know there are problems in Kinshasa, but they [government] should not use Uganda as an excuse for their problems,” Mr Oryem said” (…) “President Kabila had assured us that they would organise and take them [M23] back but it’s taking forever,” the minister said” (Kasasira, 2017).

What’s been said from the DRC side:

“No military official, however, was available to confirm any clashes at Ishasha” (…) “Our antenna in Ishasha confirms the presence of elements of the M23 in this city (…) where they control several axes (…), but there is not any fighting or clashes,” reported AFP Omar Kavota, director of the Study Center for the Promotion of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights (Cepadho), based in the city of Beni (east)” (Publie le Lun, 2017)

There been contacts in Goma where the people has been in touch with the military there, the Military in Goma doesn’t believe that the M23 have crossed the border into Ishaha from either Kihihi or Kisoro.

Still the Uganda Police Force found weapons close to the border:

“Police patrol stumbled on unidentified people loading six sub machine guns, a PK rifle, five magazines and seventy nine bullets in a Premio vehicle registration number UAS 978B in a bush near the common border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)” (…) “According to the Kisoro LC V Chairperson Mr Abel Bizimana, the recovery of the guns being smuggled into the district shows that security is still wanting. He wants the Inspector General of Police, General Edward Kale Kayihura to go to the district to find a lasting solution to the escalation of crime. Kisoro District is currently battling an escalation of gun related crimes and aggravated robberies” (Daily Monitor, 2017).

“Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, clarifies that they impounded six sub machine guns and a PK Machine Gun. Kisoro District currently battles an escalation of gun related crimes and aggravated robberies” (CroozeFM, 16.01.2017).

While this is happening M23 Roger Lumumba we’re taken on grand chair and walked as a royal monarch in the streets of Kinshasa. In the border region of Uganda there are escalated robberies, as even impounded weapons are on the rise. Kisoro region has harboured and have had training ground for M23 in the past. Where even the M23 got new recruits as the reports of previous attacks of the guerrilla!

So that their escalated violence and armed crimes are happening in the border area; while the guerrillas are supposed to leave the same region, these acts are simultaneously without regard for each other. They both could happen, but one of them could also be parts of the other one. The thieving and robberies could be M23 before they went into the DRC. As well planned rebels they have the capacity. By all means the Ugandan government doesn’t want to seem like they harbour rebels and prepare them to fight proxy wars. This is something they have done so in the past; because Mzee like it to be low-key and not in the open, so cannot be implicated for the sanctioned violence.

We will see if the reports and if this will materialize in the DRC and if the MONUSCO and others than State Officials are reporting, since there should be intelligence and also words spread from others than central leaders who could earn political mileage on the violations. Peace.

Reference:

Daily Monitor – ‘Army, police deploy at Bunagana border’ (16.01.2017) link: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Army-police-deploy-Bunagana-border/688334-3519312-8fb170z/index.html

Kasasira, Ridsel – ‘Uganda scoffs at DR Congo over M23 rebels’ (16.01.2017) link: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Uganda–DR-Congo–M23-rebels-Kabila-/688334-3518768-15um6hpz/index.html

Publie le lun – ‘RDC: des ex-combattants de la rébellion investissent une localité de l’est’ (16.01.2017) link: http://www.radiookapi.net/lu-sur-le-web/rdc-des-ex-combattants-de-la-rebellion-investissent-une-localite-de-lest#sthash.tASR20cH.dpuf

John Lewis: The Selma To Montgomery Marches | MLK | TIME (Youtube-Clip)