The high court judge Billy Kainamura has told the public accounts committee of parliament investigating the compensation by government that all the claims that were paid had been authorized by the president.

Kainamura who appeared before the committee in camera told mps that he got the letters for authorization of payment for different claims of compensation while he was still solicitor general of government from the former attorney general khiddu makubaya and there was no reason for him to doubt these letters that they were coming from the president.

Kampala business tycoon Hassan bassajabalaba appeared before the committee and said the president Okayed his claim of 142 billion shillings the loss of the contracts to manage city markets that caused government a loss of billions of money.

The chairperson of the committee Wadri kassiano says the committee will meet with the president to ask him about the claims before they make the report.

The president has disowned Basajjabalaba’s claims.  Recently state house issued a statement and the head of legal department in the state house Joy kabatsi said that the President never mentioned a figure, either by word or in writing as a basis for Basajjabalaba’s compensation.