Summary:
- Kalyesubula mentioned that he left the district with an unverified fuel payment debt, incurred by the Office of the District Chairman at Agaba Fuel Station in Kabale Municipality.
KABALE: Kabale District Local Government is struggling with an outstanding fuel debt of 34 million shillings, reportedly incurred by the office of the District Chairperson, Nelson Nshangabasheija.
The debt was revealed on Thursday by the outgoing Chief Administrative Officer, Fred Kalyesubula, during his handover to the new Chief Administrative Officer, John Asiimwe, in a function held in the Chairperson’s boardroom at the district headquarters in Kabale Municipality. Kalyesubula mentioned that he left the district with an unverified fuel payment debt, incurred by the Office of the District Chairman at Agaba Fuel Station in Kabale Municipality.
According to the investigation done by our reporter the unpaid are for the last two years.
Kalyesubula urged the new Chief Administrative Officer and the District Council to find a way to settle the unpaid debt, emphasizing that it has accumulated over the past two years without any allocation to clear it.
CUE IN KALYESUBULA……ON MONEY…….ENG//
Kalyesubula also disclosed that a section of Kabale District’s technical staff has not received their June salaries, two weeks into the new financial year, despite the submission of invoices.
Kalyesubula explained that the district received a wage amounting to 27,637,842,616 shillings last year, against a recomputed budget of 31,050,157,470 shillings after an audit of the payroll without specifying the most affected departments which led to a shortfall of 3.478 billion shillings, leaving many staff unpaid for June.
He added that the district has yet to receive a response about the unpaid salaries from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, despite several reminders.
CUE IN KALYESUBULA……ON SALARIES……ENG//
Asiimwe assured that the district will work towards resolving the outstanding debt and promised to follow up on the issue until the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development responds.
