{UAH} Response to Brian 3: Update on the Dallas Convention Report
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Brian,
I'd like to commend you for trying to get financial information going as far back as 2005! I tried that battle and failed. As the President, you should obviously have access to all UNAA accounts.
I have never said that you are hiding the financial report.
However, I do not agree with your reasons for not releasing the 2013 Dallas detailed financial report and my responses are below:
1. you cite Errors in the 2012 taxes: since you have not paid the $3,800, that expense will obviously not appear in the list of 2013 expenses. As such, that bill cannot cause a delay in releasing the 2013 Dallas expenses.
2. you cite Lack of access to the Wells Fargo account should not delay release of the Dallas income/expenses report since 2012 financial clearly showed that the Dallas money (onsite registration in Philly and early bird payments made from Sept to December) went to the Bank of America account.
3. you claim there is Huge data...the deposed Treasurer Jude Sempungu has explained that he entered this data in Quick Books in just THREE days. Besides, these transactions should be straight forward. For income, you have are folks that paid for the various items: convention fees (you know who paid for the convention), vendors (you know who the vendors were), membership fees (we all know who paid membership fees), donors/sponsors (these should not be more than handful), sneaky unexplained backdoor "loans" (you would know who "lent" UNAA, etc
For expenses, you know what was paid for food, security, entertainment, advertising, expenses on Uganda gov't officials, elections, website, miscellaneous, stationery, bank fees, various "consultancies", etc.
4. you mention Sabotage A: she was denied access in January but she was restored soon thereafter. Besides, on April 20th (FOUR months later), you said that she would be done with taxes and that there was NO good reason the report would not be released by May 20th (30 days later)!
5. you mention Sabotage B is a repetition of A. My response is the same. i.e this was a long time ago and she regained access. One month ago, you told us there was NO good reason for a delay.
thanks
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From: 'Brian Kwesiga' via Ugandans at Heart (UAH) Community <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>
To: "UNAANET@yahoogroups.com" <UNAANET@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 4:22 PM
Subject: {UAH} Update on the Dallas Convention Report
Hi Joseph,
Good evening!
I really would rather just send the report when it is ready and not sound like I am making excuses as to why the Dallas Report is not out yet – 9 months after the convention; but since I gave a self-imposed deadline of 30 days and now that the deadline has come and passed; I think I do owe you and all UNAA Members an explanation as to why I have been made to eat my own words; you and other UNAA Members have after all accused me of hiding the report.
Allow me please to try to clear the confusion and hopefully that helps you and other UNAA Members learn more about the organization that we all love.
The 2013 UNAA Taxes filed with the IRS (The UNAA Executive saw only the draft and the Treasurer is yet to send us the final Taxes though he has already sent the payment to the Accountant) run from January 2013 to December 2013, we took office September 2013. The Convention Report on the other hand would run from September 2012 to August 2013. So it is very much possible to have completed 2013 taxes but not have the required information to produce a convention report as that relies in part on information from September 2012 to December 2012. As noted before, the 2012 Taxes and financial report have problems.
So the delay can be summarized as follows:
1) The Tax returns for 2012 were filed in November 2012, two months after we took office by Ms. Brenda Kiberu-Kalema; and yet no single member of the UNAA Executive Committee was ever consulted before or during their filing until a $3,800 invoice was handed over to the new Executive Committee. Without a 2012 Financial Report explaining the erroneous information, the newly elected Executive Committee appropriately refused to pay the $3,800 bill.
2) Lack of access to the necessary information: To prepare an amended 2012 tax return, we would need bank statements from 2012; some of which is contained on the Wells Fargo Bank Accounts. Mr. Jude Ssempungu stated that Ms. Brenda Kiberu-Kalema made him a signatory onto that Account by neither myself nor the UNAA Executive Secretary are signatories on those Accounts despite numerous requests from myself and the UNAA Executive Secretary to be made signatories as provided by the UNAA Constitution. This is extremely important as information from the Wells Fargo Accounts not only has 2012 information, but contains the entire UNAA Financial history from around 2005.
3) Huge amount of information: You are dealing with bank statements and expense and income records in QuickBooks that span a one year period; September 2012 to August 2013. You have to make sure that each transaction on the bank statements in accounted form in QuickBooks. This is a huge amount of information to compile especially considering you are looking at it one year later and you were not there when these transactions were made. As Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee; you have no access to UNAA Financial Records. This is certainly true for the Treasurer and Director of Finance who were not involved in the Dallas convention planning
4) Sabotage A: The UNAA Treasurer categorically stated that he will not be doing the Dallas Convention Report, and the UNAA Executive Committee voted to empower the UNAA Director of Finance to work on the Report (Constitutionally the UNAA Director of Finance is responsible for preparing internal and external financial reports and works under the UNAA Treasurer). The UNAA Director of Finance had embarked on the very tedious and time consuming activity of making sure each expense has a receipt or record in QuickBooks, the UNAA Treasurer instead deleted those inputs and deleted the UNAA Director of Finance's QuickBooks Account.
5) Sabotage B: As you are aware, there is an ongoing political dispute, the UNAA Treasurer used this as the excuse for deleting the UNAA Director of Finance, claiming she is in the position illegally, which is mind boggling considering the same Treasurer had no problem delegating other tasks to the UNAA Director of Finance while at the same time has had no qualms working with the UNAA Director of Communications yet they were all vetted and confirmed through the same political process
On April 22nd, I wrote to the entire Executive Committee asking the UNAA Treasurer for an update on the following items:
1) Filling amended 2012 Taxes
2) Filling 2013 Taxes
3) Producing the Dallas Report
4) Adding the UNAA President and Secretary to the UNAA Wells Fargo Account.
His response verbatim, "I do not have it! Petition the BOT"
Brian M. Kwesiga
President and CEO,
Ugandan North American Association - UNAA
972.415.6372 | www.unaa.org | "United We Stand"
On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:12 PM, "Joseph Musoke joseph.musoke@ymail.com [UNAANET]" <UNAANET@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Brian,
I must confess that I am now confused.
If the report (details of the Dallas convention income and expenses) is not ready, how did you file the 2013 IRS forms? i.e what did you put on Parts VII (revenue), lX (expenses) and X (balance sheet)?
thanks
For a faster response please contact me at 415.789.6427
From: 'Brian Kwesiga'
Hi Joseph,
Once the report is ready, it will be released. Your reminders are of course very helpful and very much appreciated, so please keep up the good work.
Brian M. Kwesiga
President and CEO,
Ugandan North American Association - UNAA
972.415.6372 | www.unaa.org | "United We Stand"
From: Joseph Musoke <joseph.musoke@ymail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:17 AM
Subject: Response to Brian: UNAA Financial Report 5
Brian,
thanks for your quick response. However, I think the only relevant portion of Tim's communication is that you (the Executive) were going to meet on May 26th, 2014 to discuss "the continued unavailability of the completed UNAA Dallas 2013 financial reports, as requested by UNAA's membership". Did you have that meeting on May 26th? If you met, what did you decide about the date for releasing the financial report?
Please keep in mind that, on April 20th, you told us that there is NO GOOD REASON why the financial report would not be released within 30 days...you added that the only reason you had not released them, was that you wanted to first finish the 2013 taxes. Now Jude tells us that the 2013 taxes are done.
thanks
For a faster response please contact me at 415.789.6427
From: 'Brian Kwesiga' via Ugandans at Heart (UAH) Community <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 9:41 AM
Subject: {UAH} UNAA Financial Report 5 (former treasurer finished 2013 taxes)
Hi Joseph,
Reread the communication from the UNAA Director of Communications dated May 25th to understand where we are in this process.
As always, thank you for the fifth gentle reminder and for keep the elected leadership accountable to its membership.
Below, I reproduce the relevant section from Mr. Gaburungyi's communication.
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- The UNAA Executive remains highly focused on moving forward on matters that unite UNAA's membership and has actively resisted any attempts to get diverted from the members work. Indeed to resolve this latest matter all UNAA Executive members have been invited to a meeting on Sunday May 26th at 6:00pm. The above matter and others below will be addressed.
- The continued unavailability of the completed UNAA Dallas 2013 financial reports, as requested by UNAA's membership. Attempts by UNAA's Director of Finance (a qualified CPA) to prepare these financial reports have been repeatedly frustrated. At one point, the UNAA Treasurer, Mr. Jude Ssempungu deleted a series of transactions from UNAA's accounting record system Quick Books and deleted the account of the UNAA Director of Finance.
- The filling of false Tax returns for the year 2012. These Tax returns were prepared and filed in November 2013 without the knowledge and authority of the UNAA Executive Committee. On December 5th 2013, the UNAA Treasurer, Mr. Jude Ssempungu presented an invoice of just over $3,800 for the services of the accountant who had prepared these false tax returns. The UNAA Executive demanded to receive a copy of the Tax returns and when the falsehoods contained therein were uncovered all payments were declined. NB. It is a federal crime for anyone to knowingly and willfully file an income tax return that they know to be false in some material way.
- Despite numerous and repeated requests, the UNAA Treasurer is yet to grant the UNAA President and the UNAA General Secretary Access to the Wells Fargo UNAA Bank Accounts as required by UNAA's by-laws. This has hampered the exercise to correctly amend the UNAA taxes of 2012.UNAA's Executive will leave no stone unturned to guarantee full accountability and transparency in the secure handling of all UNAA's funds. The financial reports for UNAA Dallas 2013 will be prepared and presented in the most professional and informative manner. The preparation and presentation of other regular financial reports will not suffer any interruption either. What is more, all UNAA's monies are safe and will be continue to be fully accounted for and invested appropriately and ethically.Thank you and our focus is back to the great work of UNAA.
Brian M. Kwesiga
President and CEO,
Ugandan North American Association - UNAA
972.415.6372 | www.unaa.org | "United We Stand"
On May 28, 2014, at 10:40 AM, "Joseph Musoke joseph.musoke@ymail.com [UNAANET]" <UNAANET@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Brian,This is a FIFTH gentle reminder that you have not yet released the details of the income/expenses for the Dallas convention.Jude Sempungu, the recently deposed Treasurer, mentioned in one of his emails that he had the 2013 taxes prepared for $800. If UNAA paid, that means the work was finished and done well. No one has come out to deny that. If the 2013 taxes have been finished, why don't you release the details of the income/expenses for the Dallas convention? When should we expect to see them?thanksFor a faster response please contact me at 415.789.6427
From: Joseph Musoke <joseph.musoke@ymail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 1:50 PM
Subject: UNAA Financial Report 4 (income&expenditure details for the Dallas convention)
On April 20, Brian reassured UNAA members that he did not see any good reason why the Dallas convention financial report would not be released within 30 days (see email below). It is now more 30 days since Brian made that statement.Qn: when should we expect to see the details of the expenses/income for the Dallas convention?thanksFor a faster response please contact me at 415.789.6427Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:12 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Brian Kwesiga" brian.kwesiga
Mr. Kalanzi,
There is no good reason we can have the Dallas report to members with 30 days from now.
The taxes will be filed within the next couple of weeks, probably sooner.
Brian M. Kwesiga
President and CEO,
Ugandan North American Association - UNAA
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