• Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Donate
  • Login
Watchdog Uganda
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Media Outreach Newswire
    • Africa News
    • Tourism
    • Community News
    • Luganda
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Op-Ed
    • #Out2Lunch
    • Conversations with
    • Politics
    • Relationships
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • CEOs & Entrepreneurs,
    • Companies
    • Finance
    • Products
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
  • People
    • Showbiz
      • Salon Mag
  • Special Report
    • Education
    • Voices
  • Reviews
    • Products
    • Events
    • Hotels
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • WD-TV
  • Donate
  • China News
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Media Outreach Newswire
    • Africa News
    • Tourism
    • Community News
    • Luganda
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Op-Ed
    • #Out2Lunch
    • Conversations with
    • Politics
    • Relationships
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • CEOs & Entrepreneurs,
    • Companies
    • Finance
    • Products
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
  • People
    • Showbiz
      • Salon Mag
  • Special Report
    • Education
    • Voices
  • Reviews
    • Products
    • Events
    • Hotels
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • WD-TV
  • Donate
  • China News
No Result
View All Result
Watchdog Uganda
No Result
View All Result

Minister Kasolo vows to hunt down, arrest Emyooga funds embezzlers

Mourice Muhoozi by Mourice Muhoozi
3 years ago
in National, News
3 0
Minister Haruna Kasolo the overseer of Emyooga initiative

Minister Haruna Kasolo the overseer of Emyooga initiative

ShareTweetSendShare

Uganda’s State Minister for Microfinance Hon. Kyeyune Haruna Kasolo has promised to track down and detain all local leaders who swindled the Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job Creation (Emyooga) funds throughout the country.

Speaking to SACCO leaders in Kaliro district, Minister Kasolo also made it clear that citizens who failed to repay Emyoga loans to respective SACCOS are to face inevitable arrest, such that the law takes its own course.

Aside of that, he thanked the locals for embracing the Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job Creation.

Minister Kasolo is currently on a nationwide campaign of transversing districts, while assessing the effectiveness of Emyoga development funds in doing their intended purpose.

While in Kaliro, he decried the chaos and lack of transparency in the process of distributing these funds by responsible parties, which he said was marred by gross corruption and seeking kickbacks.

Other individuals, said minister Kasolo, instead of conducting an equitable distribution of these funds, wrongly diverted them to their pockets and used them to satisfy their ego and selfish interests.

He also ordered the immediate arrest of former Kaliro District Commercial Officer, Christopher Muwanika, for taking kickbacks from SACCOS meant to benefit from the Presidential Innitiative on Job and Wealth creation, and set aside a reward of UGX. 1 million for anyone with information leading to his arrest.

“I will be back, and I will oversee this operation for about two days in each district, I will not just meet with leaders, I will also transverse Sub-counties and listen to citzens’ complaints, and also to arrest and detain those who refuse to refund the money, the defaulters will be jailed, I will come with jailers and this process might take two months and several constituencies have been given two months to put right what went wrong. There is this commercial officer, who perpetuated this chaos, I will trace his whereabouts by announcing him on Televisions, send his pictures and anyone who will supply information leading to his arrest will get a reward of one million,”Minister Kasolo warned.

“That commercial officer called Muwanika, tell him any time I land on him, I will jail him from very far to the extent that no one will ever set their eyes on him again. Now I urge you to advise him to go to police. Wherever he identifies a police post, let him go there and surrender,” he added.

During the same meeting, the zonal manager for Busoga region Nduho Mugyenyi termed Muwanika a “rogue” and explained that many SACCOs claimed to have lost money to him through forcefully taking the funds using threats, deceiving SACCO leaders that he was helping them to bank the money, registering his own people and adding them as part of these SACCOs, taking their assets with a promise of bringing them back, wrongly soliciting money from SACCO leaders, and borrowing from these financial institutions with false promises that he would pay back.

Also speaking to these SACCO leaders, Member of Parliament for Bulamogi constituency in Kaliro district Sanoni Bwiire Nadeeba urged responsible leaders in Kaliro district to carry out a scrutiny in their operations because government disburses huge amounts of funds intended to develop citizens but these monies are rather swindled by a few individuals, mostly local leaders.

As part of his campaign to monitor the performance of Emyooga program, Minister Kasolo freshly arrived in Kaliro district on Tuesday to evaluate its effectiveness in bailing Ugandans out of poverty.

District SACCO leaders whom he spoke to also implicated the district treasurer and the chairman Lc3 Bukamba Sub-county for conniving with Muwanika to steal Emyooga funds.

Minister Kasolo also asked the DPC to record statements from SACCO leaders, who further pointed an accusing finger to Christopher Muwanika and his co-accused.


Do you have a story in your community or an opinion to share with us: Email us at editorial@watchdoguganda.com
ShareTweetSendShare

Related Posts

Capt. Mike Mukula
News

Flying High As Unstoppable Mukula’s Meteoric Rise Continues To Inspire A Generation For Peace, Stability and Prosperity In Eastern Uganda

7th July 2025 at 09:38
Baker Kasadakawo the Iganga District Education Officer.
News

The Bitter Taste of Poverty, From Sugar Cane Fields To Sugarless Tables: Busoga Sugar Cane Farmers Can Not Afford Sugar for Their Children

7th July 2025 at 09:31
Community News

Ann Ssebunya: Uganda’s Radio Personality and Mental Health Advocate Transforming Lives Through the Drugs Hapana Initiative

6th July 2025 at 23:58
Next Post

UTB awarded in Government Service Excellence Assessments 

  • Prostitution in Uganda- Courtesy Photo

    10 dangerous hotspots known for prostitutes in Kampala

    1115 shares
    Share 446 Tweet 279
  • Silent Billionaire Bosco Muwonge Buys Mukwano Arcade at UGX 250 Billion Cash Down

    42 shares
    Share 17 Tweet 11
  • LIST: New salary structure for civil servants starting July 2020 out; scientists, lecturers get juicy pay rise

    2287 shares
    Share 915 Tweet 572
  • Uganda’s Billionaires 2025: Once Again Sudhir Ruparelia Leads a Resilient Pack

    45 shares
    Share 18 Tweet 11
  • Who is Bosco Muwonge, Uganda’s elusive real estate billionaire?

    24 shares
    Share 10 Tweet 6
Facebook Twitter

Contact Information

Watchdog Uganda is a portal for solution journalism, trending news plus cutting edge commentaries in the fields of politics, security, business, tourism, entertainment, technology, agriculture, climate change, environment, public health et al. We also give preference to Ugandan community news and topical discussions. The portal also publishes community news and topical discussions.

Email: editorial@watchdoguganda.com
To Advertise:Click here

Latest News

Capt. Mike Mukula

Flying High As Unstoppable Mukula’s Meteoric Rise Continues To Inspire A Generation For Peace, Stability and Prosperity In Eastern Uganda

7th July 2025 at 09:38
Baker Kasadakawo the Iganga District Education Officer.

The Bitter Taste of Poverty, From Sugar Cane Fields To Sugarless Tables: Busoga Sugar Cane Farmers Can Not Afford Sugar for Their Children

7th July 2025 at 09:31

Check out

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Minister Muruli Mukasa

LIST: New salary structure for civil servants starting July 2020 out; scientists, lecturers get juicy pay rise

24th May 2020 at 10:45
Pregnant woman

Shock as 17-year old boy impregnates his two sisters during Covid-19 lockdown 

17th June 2020 at 08:17
Sudhir Ruparelia is set to speak at business forum in United Kingdom

Billionaire Sudhir’s wisdom on how to invest in real estate

0

How a boy’s destiny turned from cotton grower to communications guru

0
Capt. Mike Mukula

Flying High As Unstoppable Mukula’s Meteoric Rise Continues To Inspire A Generation For Peace, Stability and Prosperity In Eastern Uganda

7th July 2025 at 09:38
Baker Kasadakawo the Iganga District Education Officer.

The Bitter Taste of Poverty, From Sugar Cane Fields To Sugarless Tables: Busoga Sugar Cane Farmers Can Not Afford Sugar for Their Children

7th July 2025 at 09:31

© 2025 Watchdog Uganda

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Media Outreach Newswire
    • Africa News
    • Tourism
    • Community News
    • Luganda
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Op-Ed
    • #Out2Lunch
    • Conversations with
    • Politics
    • Relationships
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • CEOs & Entrepreneurs,
    • Companies
    • Finance
    • Products
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
  • People
    • Showbiz
      • Salon Mag
  • Special Report
    • Education
    • Voices
  • Reviews
    • Products
    • Events
    • Hotels
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • WD-TV
  • Donate
  • China News

© 2025 Watchdog Uganda