The Permanent Secretary Office of the President, Yunus Kakande, has requested the suspended deputy Resident City Commissioner (RCC) for Rubaga Division, Mr Anderson Herbert Burora,to tender in his resignation if he’s no .longr interested in working.
Mr Burora is presently serving a 28-day suspension that began on March 5, following his criticism of Speaker of Parliament, Ms Anita Annet Among over parliament extravagancy and misuse of taxpayers’ cash.
Mr Kakande instructed this publication on Friday that if Mr Burora was no longer interested in his job, he ought to observe the correct process of resigning aside from asking the President Museveni to retire him.
“The president is not the one who appointed him. He should write the resignation letter to the right person who appended a signature on his letter of appointment and that is the Permanent Secretary Office the President and we start the processes of allowing him to resign. We cannot lock him in office,” Hajj Kakande mentioned.
Mr Kakande’s remarks follows Burora’s current petition to President Museveni, looking for early retirement.
In a letter addressed to the President, dated March 28, Mr Burora mentioned his suspension triggered by his views on corruption, has led to lack of public belief on whether or not he can nonetheless ably signify him once more.
“Your Excellency, if my suspension was to be lifted, the attitude of the public towards my office will be different, which will affect my productivity. The precedence will also deter other RDCs from pursuing the corrupt and corruption will rise. It is on these grounds that I request you to retire me from service so that I don’t bring further disrepute to your name, office and government,” he mentioned.
“Please settle for my honest gratitude from my household and I, for contemplating me to serve in the aforementioned function. It has been immeasurable honor and a uncommon alternative to serve in your shadow for the final 5 and a half years I’ve spent in service,’’ additional acknowledged.
Mr Kakande nevertheless, mentioned that Burora could be summoned to seem earlier than the rewards and sanctions committee of the workplace of the President, from the place he’ll current his case that he desires to retire early.
The genesis of Burora’s exit
Mr Burora alleged that after criticizing the Speaker, Mr Kakande invited him for conferences the place he was guided on the correct means of dealing with the matter.
He was additionally suggested to apologize to the Speaker, a directive he turned down, main his suspension.
“In the first meeting, we disagreed on the model of handling corruption. My model was open criticism and ensuring that people know that not all those who subscribe to government condone that kind of thuggery,” he mentioned throughout an interview with this publications, two days after his suspension.
A replica of the suspension letter that Burora shared with this publication which is signed by Mr Kakande dated March 14, 2024, addressed to Burora and copied to the Speaker of Parliament, the Minister for the Presidency, the top of the RDC Secretariat and the Resident City Commissioners (RCC) for Kampala, signifies that Burora’s actions contravened the Uganda Public Service Standing Orders (2021).
