The police have started investigations into the reported corruption at the National Planning Authority.

The probe follows reports of gross mismanagement of public funds and illegal recruitment of workers at the National Planning Authority. The police probe preliminary reports indicates that the authority has been conducting irregular repair of vehicles without following the proper procedures, causing gross loses to the authority.

The national planning authority is an organ mandated to co-ordinate and evaluates frameworks, systems and strategies for cost effective and participatory national development planning.

Police investigators suspect that billions of taxpayers’ money could have been lost due to the report mismanagement of funds at the authority.

The people being investigated at the authority include Dr. Marios Obwana (manager macro economics), Dr. Patrick Birungi (manager strategic planning) and Edith Kasiime Kasaija (manager national resource planning).