The Public Accounts Committee – PAC has recommended the Auditor General conducts a forensic audit in the Shillings 53.5 billion distributed to vulnerable Ugandans as COVID-19 relief. This follows a joint report by the Central and Local Governments Committee on Public Accounts indicating mismanagement of the COVID-19 relief cash.
The Committee was tasked to verify the lists of the beneficiaries, ascertain their selection criteria, and establish how much they received. Medard Sseggona Lubega, the Committee Chairperson on Wednesday presented a report to Parliament indicating that during their investigations, they discovered several anomalies regarding the relief and made several recommendations for proper management of such relief in the future.
