Legislators on the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Central have cautioned hospital directors and other leaders to desist from collaborating with some financial institutions that allegedly compel their staff into fetching loans so that directors get commission off such deals.
In the warning issued against hospital staff of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, lawmakers on the committee indicated that the move could demoralize staff and therefore negatively impact service delivery.
The hospital administrators are according to the Auditor General’s Report for Financial Year 2021/2022 accused of having worked with the Ministry of Public Service and deducted Shs117, 047,028 from 46 staff on behalf of financial institutions without consent letters of the targeted persons.
The committee session that was steered by Vice Chairperson Asuman Basalirwa who also doubles as the Bugiri Municipality MP was looking into the queries raised in the Auditor General Report for Financial Year 2021/2022 against the hospital.
In response to the matters, the Director of the Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Alfred Yayi stated that his administration has since undertaken to ensure that there are no re-occurrences of such instances.
