{UAH} Kadaga orders probe into Parliament jobs

Kadaga orders probe into Parliament jobs

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Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:58

Written by DEO WALUSIMBI

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The parliamentary Human Resource department is at the centre of an investigation into the alleged irregular recruitment of staff, The Observer has learnt.

Sources have told us that Speaker Rebecca Kadaga ordered the investigation recently, following an outcry from several parliamentary staff, who accused HR officials of several irregularities during the recruitment process late last year.

The Observer has learnt that the probe committee has two months to report back to the parliamentary commission.

Bugweri MP and Shadow Attorney General Abdu Katuntu (FDC) is the probe chair, deputised by the chairman of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee, Steven Tashobya (NRM).

"There is a probe committee investigating the recruitment process of staff at Parliament. There were a lot of irregularities committed by the human resource hence attracting the Parliamentary Commission's keen eye…the recruitment process is on hold until the probe committee is done with its investigations," an insider source told The Observer.

Irregularities

Parliament, an insider source said, advertised job vacancies in December 2012, which culminated into interviews in January and February 2013.

"There was an advert in December 2012, about the vacancies in the Parliamentary commission, it was basically an internal programme, which aimed at promoting the already employed staff of Parliament, but it was instead opened to candidates from outside who were wrongly made eligible for interviews and it was marred by so many other irregularities," a source told The Observer.

"These irregularities forced people to make an outcry to the Parliamentary Commission, saying there was no level playing ground for some candidates," a source added.

This prompted the commission to order the Human Resource department to conduct fresh interviews between March and April, which were also marred by mistakes. The Kajara MP and deputy chair of the committee, Steven Tashobya, confirmed that the committee was investigating the irregularities.

"That probe committee is in place, proceeding well with its work and we are still on the stage of interviewing a number of witnesses," he said.

The Human Resource manager, Victoria Kaddu, is understood to have been interviewed by virtue of her position.

When reached for comment on Monday morning, Kaddu said: "Get that comment from the clerk to Parliament because that is not the way issues in government institutions are handled."


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