‘Kiteezi Kasasiro Deal Awarded to Foreign Investor Stinks to High Heaven?’

Over week since a foreign investor was awarded a deal for better garbage management at the Kiteezi landfill, Inspector General of Government (IGG) Beti Kamya has cancelled the contract given to Ghanaian firm Jospong Group of Companies. It looks like IGG Kamya has details to suggest that the Kiteezi Kasasiro deal stinks to high heaven.

On October 17, 2024, IGG Beti Kamya ordered all concerned officials at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to halt the activities by Jospong Group of Companies on the Kiteezi landfill until her office has cleared the deal.

The IGG also made it clear that the Ministers of Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, acting KCCA Executive Director Frank Rusa, National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) Executive Director Dr Barirega Akankwasah, Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) Executive Director Benson Turamye, and Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) Executive Director Robert Mukiza should desist from dealing with Ghanaian firm Jospong Group of Companies until the inspectorate has completed its investigations.

“You are therefore directed to halt all transactions with Jospong Group of Companies who have been engaged to manage the Kiteezi landfill until this office completes investigations or issues further orders on the matter,” the IGG informed these top agency bosses.

“The investigations will also look into the allegations that other investors had approached the government with interest in investing in the Kiteezi landfill, but these were ignored or frustrated.”

“Jospong Group of Companies has offered to manage the Kiteezi landfill at no cost to the government. This raises questions since one wonders how the company will recoup returns on their investments,” IGG Beti Kamya.

The investigation will also focus on how the tender was awarded, how the Ghanaian company will get back its investment and make profit, the environmental impact assessment, the project’s feasibility study and the company’s capacity to handle the task.

It has emerged, at least to the IGG, that the process of awarding Jospong Group of Companies either skipped or flouted procurement guidelines and procedures in the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act.

That by reportedly handpicking Jospong Group of Companies and shunning the open bidding process, government denied a chance to other companies with the same capacity to manage garbage and even recycle it.

You can read more about the deal between Museveni’s government and the foreign investor Here.

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