The pension scam suspects have again dodged the public accounts committee interrogations over the lost multibillion shillings. Members of Parliament on the Public accounts committee on Tuesday had issued summons to the former Permanent Secretary Jimmy Rwamafa and Principal Accountant Christopher Obey to appear before the committee to explain the loss of 268 billion shillings to ghost pensioners.

The committee chaired by Jinja East MP Paul Mwiru today waited for the two but they did not show up on different grounds. The former Principal Accountant with the Ministry of Public Service Christopher Obey sent his lawyers Nathan Osinde and Godfrey Himbaza of   Ohsh law firm who told MPs that their client was unable to be before the committee because he was upcountry and requested for him to be allowed to appear Tuesday next week.

The committee learnt the former permanent secretary Jimmy Rwamafa is sick and could not appear.

The committee tomorrow expects witnesses from the Judiciary and the Attorney General Chambers on reports that Hul and partners, which is a law firm, forged a court order to procure payment worth 15.4 billion shillings for payment of ghost pensioners.