The new Chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) Hon. Medard Lubega Sseggonna has started his roles on a high notch by dismissing officials from the Financial Intelligence Authority(FIA) who had appeared to answer audit queries that were cited in the Auditor General’s Report implicating the agency in mismanagement of funds.
According to Segona, the Committee had invited the Accounting Officer, but he instead delegated a team claiming to be on leave which angered the Chair prompting him to dismiss the team, and ordered them to appear again on Thursday this week with the Accounting Officer Mr. Samuel Wandera.
Ssegona did not allow any member to proceed on the matter, and further cautioned the F.I.A officials to inform their boss that an invitation to a Parliamentary Committee is not a love letter, but rather a summon which must be adhere to and therefore cautioned the Accounting Officer to avoid using lam
By namunyetoday