PAC hears how Community Development PS signed MoU to pay over K38m in grants without AG’s approval

MINISTRY of Community Development and Social Services Girl’s Education and Women’s Empowerment Livelihood Financial Advisor Robert Nsamba says amounts totaling K21,677,570 remain undisbursed to intended beneficiaries and are still being held by payment service providers. According to the latest AG report, as at February 28, 2021, the Ministry had not issued instructions to six payment service providers to return amounts totaling K38,344,619 that had not been claimed by the beneficiaries, some of which had been unclaimed for up to three years. And the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard that the Memoranda of Understanding and contracts signed by government with ZOONA and MTN to execute payment of grants to beneficiaries were signed without approval by the Attorney General. Appearing before…...