On Saturday 30th May, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) senior commissioner Dickson Kateshumbwa was ‘dismissed’.
Mr Kateshumbwa who had recently been taken to head the domestic taxes docket, said in an e-mail to staff that he had decided to end his tour of duty ahead of the contractual period with immediate effect.
Mr Kateshumbwa who served for five years as the commissioner customs until early this year, didn’t say why he left. He had been at the tax body for 14 years.
“I have been privileged to serve in Customs, Tax Investigations and Domestic Taxes in addition to holding the World Customs Organisation Chairmanship, Chairman Board of Trustees URA Staff Retirements Benefits Scheme, among others,” Kateshumbwa said in an e-mail.
Mr Kateshumbwa’s last act was on Thursday afternoon, where he talked at the high-level dialogue on budget organized by the Ministry of Finance and civil society. He informed the public that what the tax body has “witnessed in the last three months has never happened in the entity’s history.”
However, Kateshumbwa’s immense wealth that has been revealed has hinted why he was sucked.
This follows an investigation on how Kateshumbwa corruptly acquired a lot of wealth for the period he has spent in the Authority.
According to close sources, Museveni’s investigations which started even before the sacking of the Former URA Executive Director Doris Akol are aimed at making sure that URA bosses who are allegedly accused of causing massive loss at the agency are immediately interdicted and to either make a refund or be sent to Luzira to serve for their deeds.
Our sources at State House has viably confirmed that the President has a 20-page dossier that pins top URA officials who have been pinned in corruption and bribery scandals.
Above is one of the hotels opened by president Museveni. However, when he asked the URA boss the details about it, he was told that it belonged to Kateshumbwa’s mother.
According to our sources, the president became furious of how an old woman got money to build such a big hotel and in such an expensive place. In due course, the president got contradicting information that it belongs to Kateshumbwa’s son who also worked with URA.
Sources further Pin Kateshumbwa for allegedly pocketing over Shs400 million weekly and it is with this amount that he used to buy plots and miles of land in different parts of the country, built Mansions and Hotels just in a short period of time serving in the tax agency.
According to sources from URA, Dickson katesumbwa who has been serving as commissioner domestic taxes was sacked from URA on orders of the president.
Kateshumbwa is also accused of conniving with tax defaulters and smuggler on boarder points which has cost the country billions of money.
President Museveni also asked Lt. Col Nakalema to start investigation and arrest all people who have been working with Kateshumbwa.
