The inquiry into the oil cash bonanza heard bizarre revelations on Wednesday when one witness, Paul Ojambo to MPs that he shared Shs 29.5 million for just photocopying and working beyond 5 o’clock.
Mr Ojambo, an official with Uganda Revenue Authority told the Abdu Katuntu led- Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) that is investigating what has come to be known as the oil cash bonanza that ‘His work he said mainly entailed serving documents, and keeping documents confidentially.’
Ojambo had never been paid for working overtime at URA.
The URA Commissioner General, Ms Doris Akol, who superintended over the Shs6b distribution and compiled the list of the beneficiaries, was singled out for criticism another beneficiary, a clerical officer Joseph Angulla said he was paid also Shs 29million for simply ‘filing documents’.
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On Friday, the committee will also interview officials from the Ministry of Energy while President Museveni, who convened a meeting on May 15, 2015 at his upcountry home in Rwakitura where he directed Ms Akol to recommend an “adequate reward” for the team that successfully represented Uganda in the Capital Gains Tax case against Heritage Oil and Gas is also lined up for questioning.
The Shs6b “presidential handshake” money was portioned out as “an adequate reward” for participation of the 42 officials in an arbitration of two cases that fetched Uganda a combined total of $700m (Shs2.4 trillion) against UK-based Heritage Oil and its Anglo-Irish partner Tullow Oil PLC.
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