Minister Ogwang speaks arrests of District Engineers
Minister of State for Economic Monitoring in the office of president,
Hon Ogwang has spoken out on the growing concerns by Uganda Institution of
professional Engineers over concerns of arrest of the district engineers under
the organization.
The minister has been recently moving to districts and
arresting the district and municipality Engineers over accusations of misuse
and negligence to use of government funds by the engineers.
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| State Minister Peter Ogwang |
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The state minister for Economic Monitoring Peter Ogwang
during his locus visits to municipality councils and district offices was
tasked to evaluate the work of all infrastructure and service provided by the
government which has been his main focus throughout 2021 looking the activities
at the district levels.
He says however the work he analyzed in the areas has been
substandard which has raised questions of why the Engineers have neglected
their work at the station.
The minister says that the challenge is that he carries out
his work o the ground level in which no body can dispute his fact at the levels
Stating an example in Bujiri district where 1.2 billion
Ugandan shillings was only used to paint which he states is self-visible how
there is misuse of government funds.
