CORRUPTION AND EMBEZZLEMENT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS AT THE UGANDA INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

The Uganda Industrial Research Institute [UIRI] is a government parastatal formerly under the auspices of the Ministry of Trade,Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC] and currently under the Ministry of Science and Technology.

UIRI’s core activities focus on establishing platforms for value addition, product development, process design, sourcing technologies, fabrication of machinery, managing processing plants, provision of SME outreach services and business incubation.

These activities are supported by an engineering services unit as well as chemistry and microbiology analytical laboratories.

The whilst blew in the Uganda Industrial Research Institute Gumisiriza Zefa the Head of Procurement Department by the time of revealing this he was suspended from work until further notice.

Zefa revealed that during his time in office he was like a statue since most of the work and money was being embezzled without any accountability.This forced him to open up in hopes for the state house anti-corruption unit to investigate more about the professor since most of his successors where always silenced

The Uganda Industrial Research Institute headed by professor Charles Kwesiga has been involved in the embezzlement of the institution funds for his personal benefit which has contributed to it’s under performance.

The institute is a government entity established by the act of Parliament as a research centre for the small scale industries in the country under a ministry of works or ministry in technology , but due to the professor’s need to get more money from the institute he worked tooth and nail in order to remove the institute under any ministry of either work or technology but he wants it to be put under the state house.

Kwesiga has a hangout where he spends most of his leisure life and splashing the government funds at the fairway hotel where there is a reserved spot known as the professor’s bar at the hotel.

The drinks and meals served in this bar are costly and  mainly be accessed by the professor and his friends.

Sources of TV10. Gano mazima revealed that when connected with the different ministries like hon. Amelia Kyamadde and hon. Plento  about the professor way of conduct and the use of his office in they response felt upset with the professor and they are no longer interested with any thing consenting his office and when his file was sent to the state house anti corruption the communications Miriam Natasha she said they are still under preparations.