Together with the Minister of Economic Monitoring Hon. Akello Beatrice Akori and ISO are on a monitoring exercise which commenced on Monday in Bukedi Sub-region to ensure that gov’t projects are being implemented and are beneficial to the residents. Among the 10 districts to be monitored, the team started with Tororo District and Municipality and checked on projects including Maliri PDM SACCO in Merikiti Sub-County where 121 persons have benefitted with 95 receiving UGX1M each and 26 receiving UGX500,000 each. The other projects visited are the Upgrade of Kamuli Health II to III where the team observed the absconding & neglect of duty by staff and drug stock out. Additionally, the construction of Tororo High Court was found well-managed and being supervised by a team from the judiciary headed by Registrar. The illegal construction of a petrol station & encroachment on the road reserve adjacent to the land of Standard Gauge Railway services,however it was understood that there was Fraudulent acquisition of title by the developer and approval by Municipal staff which is yet to be investigated further. The team will be proceeding to other districts in the sub-region.
