Why Masindi district service commission chairperson has been suspended
‘’I have in the past written to you to correct this trend and improve the service delivery in your commission in vain. Your fellow commissioners also wrote to you, beseeching you to call for meetings in vain,’’ the letter stated.
Masindi: The Masindi district LCV Chairman, Cosmas Byaruhanga, has suspended the district service commission chairperson, Benjamin Byarugaba, with immediate effect.
According to Byaruhanga, the decision has been reached due to abandonment of duty and failure to call meetings to conduct the district service commission business since May 16, 2023, for a period spanning a full year.
In a suspension letter dated May 24, 2024, Byaruhanga says that this is unacceptable but also deeply costing the people of Masindi and also the country at large.
‘’The services of the district service commission are direly needed, which you are, from your past conduct, not willing to dispense,’’ the letter reads in part.
The letter further states, ‘’the district and/or civil service whose proper functioning I monitor as executive head has pending recruitment, confirmations, retirements, regularization, reinstatement, pension issues, etc. that require the input, approval, and minutes of the district service commission that for a long period have not been forthcoming.’’
Byaruhanga also stated in the suspension letter that Byarugaba’s arbitrary refusal to call for and hold meetings has held the district service commission and its users at ransom, which is not untenable.
‘’These emissions expose the district to the unwarranted risks of heavy litigation, loss of wage, shortage of human resources, poor service delivery, and/or even death due to failure to recruit health workers in our health centers, which, as a district head, I cannot watch on continue unabatedly,’’ Byaruhanga stated.
The district chairperson also stated that Byarugaba’s conduct has raised concerns about his ability to fulfill the duties and responsibilities expected of someone in his position.
‘’I have in the past written to you to correct this trend and improve the service delivery in your commission in vain. Your fellow commissioners also wrote to you, beseeching you to call for meetings in vain,’’ the letter stated.
‘’You even defied a court order; to that effect, I have been left with no option except to suspend you from office immediately pending investigations into your conduct. The rest of the commission members, when quorate, shall conduct the commission business in your absence during the period of your suspension,’’ the further stated.
Byaruhanga also stated that during the suspension of the district service commission chairperson, he is required to refrain from performing any duties associated with the chairperson role, and he is expected to cooperate fully with any investigation that may be conducted into the matter.
‘’Please be advised that this suspension is temporary, pending investigations into your conduct and review of your performance by the responsible authority,’’ the letter read, in part clarifying that Byarubaga will be informed of any developments or decisions regarding his status as soon as possible.
We couldn’t get a comment from Mr. Benjamin Byarugaba, the Masindi district service commission chairperson, by press time since his known number wasn’t going through.
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