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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director for Communications and Public Affairs, Chris Obore has been sent on forced leave.
Jane Kibirige, the Clerk of Parliament wrote to Obore on Wednesday, noting that “I have been directed to inform you to take your accumulated leave with immediate effect.”
The letter was copied to the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, Deputy Clerk Corporate Affairs, Henry Waiswa, and Deputy Clerk and also the Directors for Human Resource and Finance.
One of the sources, who preferred anonymity says that Kibirige also directed Obore that even when the 140 days of his accumulated leave elapse, he will only return to office if he is called back by Parliament.
She also instructed Obore to handover office to the Deputy Clerk Corporate Affairs, Waiswa.
Obore is said to have received the letter on Wednesday and forwarded it to his lawyers, Kampala Associated Advocates.
On Thursday, Obore’s lawyers responded to Kibirige’s letter noting that the Public Service Standing Orders stipulate that a public servant must apply for leave within a given calendar year and failure to do so, he or she has to forfeit the days for leave not taken.
The Public Service Standing Orders provide that leave cannot be accumulated from one calendar year to another unless the public officer’s request to carry forward the leave was approved.
The Standing Orders provide that a public officer must have submitted a request to carry forward annual leave to the relevant offices for approval by 15th December.
In Obore’s case, the lawyers noted that this did not happen and therefore, it is illegal to send him on accumulated leave that he did not apply for by 15th December 2018.
On Friday Obore found the locks of his office had been changed by officers attached to the office of the Seargent –At- Arms.
One of the lawyers at Kampala Associated Advocates, Jet John Tumwebaze said that he will respond to on the matter on Saturday.
Obore’s lawyers have also protested Kibirige’s decision amidst a pending petition in court.
In April, the High Court ruled that the termination of Obore’s contract should be halted until the main petition is disposed of.
Obore’s troubles started in March when Kibirige notified Obore that the Inspectorate of Government had conducted investigations noting that his recruitment as the director communication and public affairs was founded on an illegality because it contravened the Parliamentary Service (Staff) Regulations, 2001.
However, Obore through his lawyers, Kampala Associated Advocates applied for an injunction restraining the Parliamentary Commission from implementing the Clerk’s decision to terminate his employment until the matter is determined.
Obore was recruited on August 19, 2015 by the Parliamentary Service.
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Chris, the Mafias have caught up with u….. You just leave and go back where u were
What a mess! The same institution that recruited him is the same using the IGG case to terminate his employment!
Employment should be on merit not on hear say!
Mbu. I hear when the common interview question that who sent you was asked, he replied kadaga, he was awarded marks but IGG said that answer was wrong!
This Obore guy is a fraud. How do you run to court to save you from being sacked when in the first place you did not have the required qualifications? You enrolled for a master’s degree after irregularly getting the job in order to stay there. The requirement for the jobs was a master’s. Eat a humble pie and go home. There are many people with graduate degrees languishing even though they were more qualified. You have no reputation now even if you troop to court. You should have been more honest initially instead of taking a short cut. God is not a man that he should lie.
This Obore guy is a fraud. How do you run to court to save you from being sacked when in the first place you did not have the required qualifications? You enrolled for a master’s degree after irregularly getting the job in order to stay there. The requirement for the jobs was a master’s. Eat a humble pie and go home.