Joseph Sabiti, the former principal press secretary to Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, is set to leave Parliament after reportedly failing to provide the required academic documents to a team verifying the qualifications of parliamentary staff.
Sources familiar with the verification exercise said Sabiti was among staff members whose recruitment has come under scrutiny over questions about whether they met the academic requirements for their respective positions.
According to the sources, the position Sabiti held required a master’s degree, but he was unable to provide evidence that he had completed the qualification when he appeared before the verification team.
During the exercise, Sabiti reportedly presented provisional results for a master’s programme in Strategic and Corporate Communication that he is pursuing at Makerere University.
However, the team reportedly required an official academic transcript or a certificate confirming completion of the programme, documents that Sabiti did not have at the time of verification.
The failure to provide the requested documentation has reportedly placed his continued employment in Parliament in jeopardy.The verification exercise is aimed at establishing whether parliamentary staff possess the academic qualifications and other credentials required for their respective positions.
Sabiti previously served as principal press secretary to Among, who is the Speaker of Parliament. His recruitment and qualifications have now come under scrutiny as the verification process examines staff records.
Meanwhile, his former boss, Kin Kariisa, has indicated that he would be willing to welcome Sabiti back to Naguru, where Kariisa’s media operations are based. In a post on X, Kariisa said he would welcome Sabiti back, a statement that could point to a possible return to his former workplace should he leave Parliament
It remains unclear whether Sabiti has formally been dismissed or whether Parliament has made a final decision regarding his employment following the verification exercise.
The reported development comes as the parliamentary administration examines staff qualifications, with the outcome potentially affecting employees whose academic credentials do not meet the requirements for their positions.
