Disciplinary committee to question Rukarara ad hoc committee
Juvenal Nkusi (Internet photo)
The plenary session of the parliament chamber of deputies has decided that the MPs who were members of the ad hoc committee investigating the Rukarara project’s fund management have to be questioned by the parliament’s disciplinary committee.
This follows the release of a report on Tuesday by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which cleared officials accused of mismanagement of Rukarara hydropower plant’s fund in the report of the ad-hoc committee. “If the ad hoc committee had cross-checked, they would have realized that the accusations were wrong,” said Juvénal Nkusi, the chairperson of PAC.
For MP Yvonne Uwayisenga, the mistakes committed by the ad hoc committee were insupportable. “Not consulting the concerned, making simple mistakes like accusing those who were studying at the time of the mismanagement issues, and not having the will to dig deeper for the supporting documents have resulted in tarnishing the image of the accused officials without leaving the parliament itself.”
She reminded that the parliament’s role is to make sure that Rwandans are equally treated before the law. “We don’t have to tarnish the image of anyone. That’s why the ad-hoc committee has to be questioned by our disciplinary committee and if found guilty, appropriate measures have to be taken.”
Backing the argument, Spéciose Mukandutiye recalled that members of the ad hoc committee said, when their report was rejected, that they were ‘dictated’, and questioned the argument, “Who dictated you? Why did they do that? How? We hope that the disciplinary committee will come up with an answer to that.”
However, Aurélie Gahongayire who was the vice-chairperson of the ad-hoc committee, declared with emotion, that they had no intention of making any false allegations to anyone.
“For my part, I want to apologize. Everyone makes mistakes. We wanted to do our best and bring to light the facts. No one had the intention of accusing anybody without any facts,” she said tearfully.
Posted by Jean-Christophe Nsanzimana
on Aug 2 2012. Filed under Daily News, National.
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If you look at their report, the ad hoc committee might have used similar methodology as the UN group of experts!
Marko, true indeed. And also like that group of “experts” the basic question is, was this by design to reach a predetermined finding, or it was due to monumental incompetence. With the UN kangaroo band you only have to look into the background and affiliations of most of them to realize the outcome was preordained. The incompetence only relates to the shoddy methodology allied in their attempt to frame the designated scapegoat. In the case of our law-makers, I’m inclined to suspect they are simply incapable.
And Mwene Kalinda remember our law makers are politicians. Politics is bargaining and has nothing to do with competence. certain politicians the world over are appointed in order to appease/reward a certain group. The best politician are those who juggle best. So it is not possible to send a politician to seek truth of a matter. They are conditioned not to see the truth. If you want the truth, send soldiers and you will get it unadulterated.
Mwene Kalinda, I strongly suspect that just like the group of “experts”, these ad hoc fellas wanted to get their person/people. Fortunately parliament nowadays is becoming more and more alert!
Mmmh, now that the shoe is on the other foot with a special parliamentary committee to quiz their errant colleagues, we shall learn soon enough how they like it. I hope it will be under oath, and thus with the threat of perjury hanging over them should they be tempted to diverge from the straight and narrow.
in the end i don’t have electricity, and millions of dollars of my taxes was spent so i can have electricity and i see no electricity