Hudu Hussein moves to Kumi as Washaki takes over Masaka City

Mr Hussein Hudu, the former Resident City Commissioner (RCC) of Masaka City, has been transferred to Kumi District as Resident District Commissioner (RDC), effective Monday, January 6.

Hussein's transfer comes after serving as RCC Masaka for one year and eight months since April 2023. Prior to his tenure in Masaka, he spent eight months as RDC Yumbe District 

Yunus Kakande, the permanent secretary in the office of the Ministry of Presidency, confirmed the transfer, stating, "We have made only those two changes to strengthen administrations."

Kakande explained that RDC transfers are not necessarily based on performance issues, but rather to address challenges such as language barriers.

"The RDC who was in Kumi may have beeen having a language barrier and is not doing well there, so you transfer him to another place so that he can mobilise people," he said.

Mr Ahamada Washaki, the new Masaka RCC, has revealed that during his two-year tenure as Kumi RDC, he encountered significant challenges, including corruption and land grabbing.

Washaki alleged that some headteachers in Kumi colluded with printing companies to inflate the cost of printing mock examination papers, sharing approximately 60 per cent of the government-funded exam fees among themselves.

"Kumi was a good district; it faced a challenge of corruption... The issue, which I followed up on, and all the involved parties will be brought before the courts of law, I left the file," he said.

Washaki also reported that Kumi faced land-grabbing issues, with several government officials, including Fredrick Malinga, Timothy Okupana, Akol Musa, and the chief sub-county, allegedly conspiring to grab 63 hectares of land, soliciting over Shs100m from individuals.

Additionally, Washaki claimed that he addressed the issue of government research land under the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), which was being shared by local leaders and government officials.

"By the time I left, I had used my intelligence... I wrote a letter to the Ministry of Lands, copied to ULC and the Office of the President, to ensure they reprimanded those officers who were involved in sharing that government land," he recounted.