HEALTH PROJECT MESS! Report Unmasks Tax Blunder, Idle Equipment & Millions Lost in KCCA's CDC Project
An audit report has exposed significant financial and operational failures within a CDC-funded health project managed by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). Issues include massive tax gaps, unpaid consultancy arrears, and poor transition planning.
Why it matters
This highlights systemic governance and oversight failures in the management of international development aid and public funds.
A health project funded by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has come under heavy scrutiny after the Auditor General exposed a string of financial, contractual and operational failures that left taxpayers counting losses and critical project activities hanging in the balance.
The reporting focuses heavily on government failure and mismanagement, typical of investigative watchdog journalism.
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