MPs Want Trade Ministry PS Ssali Sacked

Members of Parliament on the Trade Committee have asked the Secretary to Treasury, who also doubles as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Mr. Ramathan Ggoobi to sack Geraldine Ssali, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Trade for inflating the price of renovation works at the Ministry of Trade offices at Farmers House to a tune of Shs2Bn.

"The Committee therefore finds that Geraldine Ssali is personally liable for the dubious and mysterious inflation of the estimated contract price from Shs4.664Bn to Shs6.2Bn without any formal or legal justification," Hon Mwine Mpaka the Chairperson Trade Committee told legislators while on the floor of parliament. This was after MPs adopted a report, with amendments, of the sectoral committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry which investigated the alleged misuse of a supplementary budget for the financial year 2021/2022.

Parliament's Trade Committee also recommended for the prosecution of Daniel Kalule (Transport Officer, Ministry of Trade for creating 7 ghost fuel cards, resulting into the loss of  Shs362,316,812. Kalule had claimed the fuel was utilised by three officials at the Ministry, but these denied ever seeing the said fuel cards.