Justine Bagyenda, former Central Bank executive director in charge of supervision isn’t among the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) board members scheduled to take oath.
Bagyenda was supposed to appear before the Appointments Committee of parliament in September for vetting but failed to turn up on grounds that she was out of the country.
However, phone records later indicated Bagyenda was in Mbuya, Kampala.
It is against that backdrop that he name is missing on the new list of FIA board members who will soon swear in.
The list includes Grace Akullo, the head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Patricia Mutesi, Leo Kibirango, the board chairman and Patrick Ocailap, the deputy secretary to the Treasury.
Bagyenda’s woes began after a whistleblower petitioned the IGG claiming she had stashed away Shs 19 billion on three different bank accounts. The Inspectorate of Government has since kicked off investigations which are still ongoing.
