President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to take disciplinary actions against Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) who fail to monitor constructions of government projects in their respective districts.
Museveni said this while in Rukungiri district on Tuesday where he was campaigning for the NRM candidate, Winnie Matsiko in the Woman MP by-election. He partly blamed the shoddy works on upcountry roads on the negligence of the district Accounting officers (CAOs).
He said some of the roads lack offshoots required to facilitate proper water drainage.
The visibly concerned NRM Party Chairman further mentioned that some of the said poorly constructed roads were worked on by UNRA, an authority responsible for roads construction and maintenance in the country.
He was however quick to blame the shoddy works more on district leaders where such projects are situated. He also said he would talk to UNRA’s Allen Kagina over the same.
The President further blamed the same district leaders for the missing drugs in government health units.
“Drugs missing out in health units is partly a weakness of these CAOs, DISOs and RDCs who sit in offices without monitoring and submitting reports to relevant authorities,” the President observed.
He asked the people of Rukungiri to vote Winnie Matsiko which he said would translate into more development in the district. Rather than resist government projects as opposition MPs do, said the President, Matsiko will lobby more services for her electorates.