By Sadique Bamwita
ENTEBBE
The Councilors in Entebbe Division “B” have waged a war on their Senior Assistant Town Clerk, Fred Dan Lutaaya accusing him of inflating money meant to renovate the Division Head offices from Shs90m to Shs130m.
The Councilors say, as council they have never passed the said money and have not got an explanation where the extra money came from.
Last week, the dissatisfied councilors locked the Town Clerk’s office and petitioned the overall Municipal Town Clerk, Emmanuel Mugisha Gakyaro to purge his junior Town Clerk, Dan Fred Lutaaya.
Mugisha has confirmed receiving the councilors’ complaints saying his office is managing the issue and requires time to resolve it to a logical conclusion.
He added that this week, work has resumed at Entebbe Division “B” as his office looks into the standoff that had paralyzed service delivery at the Division offices.
Councilors led by Entebbe Division ‘B’ Speaker, Mike Kasozi, accuse Lutaaya of running council as his home and failing to explain to them where he got the additional Shs50m for the contractor yet council had passed Shs90m to renovate Entebbe Division “B” Headquarters.
“We are disappointed with our Town Clerk Dan Fred Lutaaya with the way he runs council as if he is running his home. We passed Shs90m to renovate Entebbe Division ‘B” offices but to our surprise, we are seeing Shs140m on paper,” said one of the councilors.
‘Last Sunday, we were shocked to see the contractor beginning to renovate our offices but the ground breaking ceremony never happened and to aggravate matters, a bill board to show the name of the contractor was not placed anywhere at the Division offices yet it’s a requirement before beginning any construction works. The contractor didn’t even inform office bearers to remove office items but started doing the job without any notice to remove office items. This prompted us to lock Lutaaya’s office until he explains to us the inflated figures,” angry Speaker Kasozi expressed his annoyance.
He added that during the last council meeting, they unanimously agreed as councilors that Shs 90m Discretionary Development Equalization Grant( DDEG) meant to help our people start up income generating projects be diverted to renovating Entebbe Division “B” offices.
“Even the executive never informed us about where the extra Shs50m came from. The contractor was meant to start renovation last year, but never commenced work till last week on Sunday when he began the renovation exercise,” Kasozi says.
