President Yoweri Museveni has sacked the board of Uganda National Oil Company over irregularities in recruitment of key personnel.
According to sources, Museveni was irked by the way the board led by Emmanuel Katongole tried to recruit senior manager who had no qualification for the position the agency had advertised.
It is said UNOC placed adverts for the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) which many respondents responded to and as all these was ongoing, the Chief Executive Officer of UNOC was on leave. However, what surprised many at UNOC was that one of their colleagues who is also a daughter to a minister in government was handed the job amidst resistance from the Human Resources department head.
Sources further reveal that it is at this point that the CEO cut her leave short to return to office only to see this daughter of a minister occupying the office of COO. She protested the development and demanded that the process be halted as other competent applicants had submitted their application and were suitable for the position.
“UNOC tried to hire this lady who had joined the company hardly two years from Total. However, what shocked the entire organization was the fact that the said recruit didn’t have any qualification in engineering which was the bases for the job”.
Sources further reveal that it is at this level that UNOC CEO sought for audience with the president over the matter. Museveni in turn dispatched his intelligence teams to verify the allegations which turned out true and hence summarily dropping the board. It is said that said daughter of the minister has been told to revert back to her old role or be sacked by the new board which he has constituted and whose names have been sent to the Speaker.
“The girl is incompetent for that job as she was sacked from Total, we wait and see what follows”
