The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has ordered that the office of the Director of Public Prosecution presents the list of officials that were implicated in the mismanagement of Global Fund cash but have since admitted to the mismanagement and decided to return the cash.

Committee Chair Nandala Mafabi

So far over 2 billion shillings has been returned from officials that had mismanaged the cash which has now prompted the committee into asking for the list of such people such that it can ascertain whether it is true that really the due money has been returned.

The Chairperson of the Committee Nandala Mafabi has told the DPP to produce the list as soon as possible such that Parliament can know who some of these culprits are.

The Member of Parliament for Mawokota North, Peter Mutuluuza says these people should not be left just to go after refunding the money because many of them squander the money use it make profit and then when they are caught, they are just asked to return it in good faith.

Mutuluuza says there should be a policy that forces such people that squander public money to pay the money with interest other than returning the money.

The Global Fund scandal is one of the biggest corruption scandals that Uganda has witnessed in the recent years. It also caused Uganda to be suspended from the beneficiaries of the Global Fund mess had been cleaned up completely. It was not until early this year that Global Fund resumed its funding to Uganda.

By Zakaria Tiberindwa, Ultimate Media