State House has reacted to stories in the Monitor about the mismanagement of the national ID project by reeling off a list of things that have been implemented since the project began. However, the State House release says little on the main concernes raised in the article that first raised the issues surrounding the procurement process and other assorted problems with the National ID project , namely, why only 400 IDs have been produced so far and why President Museveni disregarded established procurement procedures by influencing the award of the ID contract to German firm Muhlbauer Technology Group.
There is no refutation of the President’s involvement in the whole messy business or even on the truth of claims that some of the equipment purchased for the project has been stolen or is getting damaged due to poor storage and lack of use. It does not mention when the project will finally take off or why there have been such great delays. In short the release does not answer the salient questions on most Ugandans’ minds.
One can argue that the press release is only concerned with the media reports that mention the President’s involvement. Lets wait and see what the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is directly responsible for the implementation of the project, has to say.
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