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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum District Chief Administrative Officer Joel Musisi has been interdicted over alleged misuse of Parish Development Model-PDM funds.
The Kitgum LCV Vice Chairperson Kevin Joyce Atim Obote says Musisi was interdicted on the directive of the Permanent Secretary of the Local Government Ministry to pave way for further investigations into the alleged misuse of 526.3 million Shillings.
According to Atim, the officials reportedly misappropriated the funds that were meant for groups that were selected to benefit from the Parish Development Model.
Musisi and 13 other technical and support staff were on Monday arrested on orders of Jovline Kalisa, the Deputy National Coordinator of Parish Development Model. They include Stephen Omwony Lakwonyero, the Principal Assistant Secretary to the CAO, Alex Otim, the Chief Finance Officer, Alex Opira, the Principal Commercial Officer, Paul Nyeko, the district commercial officer, and Atwom Morris, the Assistant Commercial Officer.
Others are Christopher Kilama, the District Planner, Dr. Alfred Kinyera, the district veterinary officer, Alfred Omony, the district Production Officer, Denis Ocira, the district Agriculture Officer, and Michael Ogweng, the Senior Probation and Welfare Officer among others.
According to Atim, Musisi has been replaced with Emmanuel Eugene Olaro who has been the Deputy CAO for Kole district.
The suspects are being held at Kitgum Central Police Station.
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The government knows very well that there are many hungry hyena’s in the district .pdm has got no proper guideline and that is why the funds have been misused in most districts. If the statement is showing that the money has been corrupted then why not prosecute the culprits. In my district Bukwo , local govt minister came and ordered for interdiction of district staff who had misused lots of funds in the district . After some short time most of the interdicted had occupied back their offices with no explanation to the public , no arrest and recoveries where made. The question is could this corruption be a syndicate between some ministry officials and district staffs. The minister should explain properly what happened to the many issues in Bukwo. The public needs an update .peter ogwang is aware, Raphael m is aware and RDC Samuel has been following over the issue but it’s the progress of the matter got stack on the way.