AN OPEN LETTER TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUPERVISION, BANK OF UGANDA.
To: Dr. Tumubweine Twinemanzi From: William Kituuka Kiwanuka
RE: BANK OF UGANDA’S FAILURE IN THE ETHICAL EXECUTION OF ITS ROLES.
I wish to put to your attention the disservice by Bank of Uganda to me given its role among others: The Supervision of Commercial Banks.
On two occasions, I showed interest to stand for President of Uganda: 2011 and 2016. As an organized person, I on the two occasions put up Blogs and used email communication to reach various contacts. My approach may not have been common, but it was a serious one in fundraising which should be emulated by an impoverished country like Uganda.
http://hecarethforyou.blogspot.com/2014/10/ideas-william-kituuka-kiwanuka-had-for.html?m=1
To my surprise, after the contact person in Cairo Bank told me lies that they had not received any funds on my behalf, my communication to Bank of Uganda did not get any response (the communication is shown below). It is common knowledge that Bank of Uganda takes the cream from Uganda’s Universities; unfortunately, I have in most instances not got any responses to my communication to the Bank. This communication has two attachments that were important, unfortunately, none of them ever got a response from Bank of Uganda. In other instances, my other communications more so in 2015 just bounced back to me though I did not get the Bank email wrong.
I have been able to reach the hearts of people who did not know me and I equally did not know them, but because they saw sense in my appeal for fundraising, they were able to support me. Though my fundraising in 2010 was a success, Cairo Bank informed me that they did not raise funds on my behalf. It is at this time that I question the role of the Commercial Banks’ Supervision Bank of Uganda undertakes. I later got to know that funds I raised were part of the Pension Scam. How come that instead of playing a supervisory role, Bank of Uganda becomes a player in the wrong to deny me the funds I raised?
As the Supervisors of Commercial Banks, you ought to understand very well the customer – banker relationship. If there are any issues to do with my account, that should be brought to my attention first. If it is resolved that some funds I raised were from a source that is a threat to national security, then it becomes clear that I forfeit such. However, I believe the Bank is now in a fix. It is alleged that some Bank of Uganda staff facilitated the Pension Scam. How can the Bank remain objective in such a case?
I think Bank of Uganda needs to put its house in order. Maybe those who initiated the Pension Scam did not know the type of person I am. I practiced as a Commercial Banker in my earlier career life, and that is why I wish to see these matters to logical conclusion.
Having had a bad experience with Cairo Bank, I tried a second time with Barclays Bank. This time, I had all my information on my Blog. As Executive Director Supervision, it is incumbent upon you to safeguard the customers of commercial banks. It is most probable that some people in Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) have away they intercept our email communication, and are able to divert and eventually other people benefit from the fundraising. I complained to Barclays Bank from 2015 that there was a problem regarding my fundraising, but they seemed to take it easy. Not long ago, they received my complaint most probably from Bank of Uganda, and they have sent the messages below:
“Dear KIWANUKA KITUUKA we acknowledge receipt of your complaint logged with us. Ref: 19480976. Inquiries: 0800222333/ 256312218348 WhatsApp: 256700375750”.
Dear KIWANUKA KITUUKA we would like to confirm that your complaint reference 19480976 is still under investigation. We will contact you upon resolution.
Executive Director Sir, this is a matter of 2015, and this is the communication I am getting. When will investigations get to a conclusion?
I think as Commercial Bank Supervisors, you should do a noble job. Get clean in transacting business. If a Customer has a complaint of the nature, why doesn’t Bank of Uganda take on the role of Auditing the respective Bank? I am telling you, there seems to be a lot of dirt in transactions involving the Swift codes. The Bank customers should know how to be helped instead of being bounced.
If Bank of Uganda has external interference which is political in nature, that does not make transactions where customer funds are stolen legitimate. Bring these challenges to the respective organs of the Government and they are solved. I do not see why some commercial banks are involved in shoddy deals under your supervision.
I wish to inform you that given the situation where some people have benefitted from the funds I raised, and Bank of Uganda does not seem to come up with an appropriate timely solution, my life is in danger. The beneficiaries to the funds I raised are at large, these know me, and can target my life any time. I think Bank of Uganda will take the blame if my life gets in danger or terminated for that matter.
I think let Bank of Uganda do its operations in the proper way. First, ensure that communications made to the Bank are responded to. Given the 1st Class Degree holders admitted to the institution, these should be capable of handling matters as raised. It is difficult time I go through having to communicate and nobody seems to have my time to directly respond to me, yet I raised money which has benefitted some people and possibly Government.
In summary, I appeal to you to make clear the way forward regarding the fundraising I made in 2011 where some of the funds I raised are part of the Pension Scam. I should sincerely benefit from these funds. I cannot have helped the country to get so much money, and be left to live the life I go through. And, given that these matters are 10 and 5 years old respectively, can the Bank endeavor to see that a logical conclusion is got?
I hope I will get appropriate action from you.
THE TWO ACCOUNTS IN QUESTION:
THE ACCOUNT: ULTRA SIMPLEX ENTERPRISES – 000686
I happened to open an Account with Cairo International Bank when the Bank was on Sure House Building in Kampala. The Account: ULTRA SIMPLEX ENTERPRISES – 000686 was to help me among other things have where to deposit cheques from those who advertised with my Career Tips Magazine. With time, business became difficult and the Account became dormant.
In 2010, I got an idea to contest for President of Uganda. I worked on a Blog which currently runs as: IDEAS WILLIAM KITUUKA KIWANUKA HAD FOR THE PRESIDENCY PRIOR TO 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS (If you search on Google, you see the content). This article when accessed on the Internet gives the content of my appeal for President of Uganda for 2011. I had a challenge of a bank account to use to collect the proceeds of my fundraising. I decided to go to Cairo International Bank which had re – located to where Greenland Bank used to be on Greenland Bank Building – Kampala road. I was referred to the Manager on 1st Floor who was in charge of Dormant Accounts among other duties. I told him that I wanted to have my account re – instated so that I use it to collect proceeds of my fundraising. He agreed. I was then able to send out appeal emails worldwide with the web address of my Blog included. I got the skill to send out Email appeals from Regional Partnership for Resource Development (REPARED) whose contacts are: John Chikati, IFDM Gardens, Ngong Road, Nairobi, P.O. Box 5027-00506, +254 387 28 23. These people used to send to me literature to do with fundraising when I was Chairman: Makerere University Private Students’ Parents’ Association (MUPRISPA) from 2001 onwards given that they believed we could use the skills to fundraise for Privately Sponsored Students at the University.
I was however surprised when I checked at Cairo International Bank and the contact person Ssentongo Ishaq. A the Assistant Manager Operations kept telling me that they had not received funds to the credit of my account. As the Nomination date for Presidential Candidates got nearer, I wrote to the Governor Bank of Uganda about my problem and copied the letter to the Chairperson Electoral Commission (Letter attached).
I finally resigned with Cairo International Bank after I was told that the bank had not received any funds to the credit of my account. After sometime, when I checked at Cairo Bank, ULTRA SIMPLEX ENTERPRISES ACCOUNT - 000686 had been closed!
The Pension Scam in Cairo International Bank
When I was in a position of disbelief, I learnt that some ghost pensioners had shared money in Cairo Bank. I took a lot of interest in the matter. I was later to learn that staff in the Ministry of Public Service had been involved in the scam. I also learnt that a Till was allocated to those who called to the bank to collect the loot. I also learnt that shs 150,000 was got by the bank from each of the beneficiary accounts to the fraud, and that there was only one transaction and the account would be closed!
Ever since, I have come to believe beyond reasonable doubt that the funds involved in the pension scam were actually proceeds to my fundraising which had been a success, but that I was denied access to the money I raised.
Information about the Pension Scam can be searched on Google: ‘A brief summary of the pension scam - Barefoot Law’
Ten years down the road, my patience has died out.
After realizing that 9 years had passed and I was not getting justice, I decided to write to Mr. Asubo Sydney, the CEO Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) – the letter is dated December 17, 2019. Asubo was attached to the Inspector General of Government (IGG) office by the time of the fraud – (he was the Director Legal Affairs at the Inspectorate of Government) and now he is the FIA CEO. Unfortunately, up to the time of my writing to you, Mr. Asubo has never made any effort to write back to me over the subject. When I realized that Asubo had not responded, on March 9, 2020 I decided to hand deliver my complaint to the Auditor General’s Office given that they had made some report about the same fraud in Cairo International Bank. I have however never got a response from his office.
Decision to involve Bank of Uganda
I decided to send my complaints to Bank of Uganda. Cairo Bank got my complaint from Bank of Uganda. I got a call from the Cairo Bank on 24th August 2020 – actually via Tel. +256782196936 registered in the name: Angelina Nyakake. It was acknowledgment that they had got my complaint. I responded to Bank of Uganda that the way to sort my matter with Cairo Bank was to have an audit of the transactions to account 000686 – Ultra Simplex Enterprises. This letter I copied to Cairo International Bank. Unfortunately, Cairo Bank has since not updated me of the developments.
CURRENT ACCOUNT 6004631844 IN THE NAME: KIWANUKA KITUUKA IN BARCLAYS BANK.
In 2015/ 2016 I used the then Barclays Bank and now ABSA UG to fundraise for President of Uganda. My second attempt at fundraising followed my failure to get correct information from Cairo International Bank regarding proceeds to my fundraising in 2010. I had all the hope in Barclays Bank for I believed it was professionally managed.
In 2014, on my Birthday - 12th October, I decided to make a second attempt at fundraising to contest for the Presidency of Uganda. This time I made more serious work using my Blogs as reflected by the two web addresses below. Given my bad experience with Cairo Bank, I decided to try my luck using Barclays Bank Ltd. I opened CURRENT ACCOUNT 6004631844 IN THE NAME: KIWANUKA KITUUKA. Unfortunately; my toil was to waste as no coin has ever been declared to me.
Below are the two blog addresses I used for my fundraising appeal:
http://billkiwanuka.blogspot.com/2014/10/kiwanuka-kituuka-for-2016-uganda.html?m=1
I think there is something not right which needs urgent address. When we make fundraising using the Internet resources, we are at the mercy of our bankers. In my case, it is clear that all my communication has been interfered with. It is not clear whether those in the racket involve the staff of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). In such a case, we would remain to rely on the bank to tell us the truth.
In the case of Barclays Bank, I believe I raised money, but I am failing to get justice. I do not know how an audit of funds to Uganda where SWIFT CODES are involved can be done.
ATTACHMENT NO.1: LETTER TO GOVERNOR BANK OF UGANDA
WILLIAM KITUUKA KIWANUKA
P. O. Box 33917,
KAMPALA.
Tel: +256714981628
Email: wkituuka@myself.com
29th September 2010
The Governor
Bank of Uganda
P. o. Box 7120,
Kampala.
Dear Sir,
RE: FUNDING FOR MY PRESIDENTIAL BID
Up to now, I am one of those who wish to stand as Independent candidates for President of Uganda. Unfortunately, I cannot proceed to collect Nomination Papers if I have no funding, which funding I have endeavoured to campaign for widely. Unfortunately, the contact email I circulated: williamkituuka@hotmail.com has for some time now mot been accessible to me for reasons which I am not aware of! That means I cannot have information via that email address. Time has run out as my last hope to be able to collect Nomination Papers is Friday, October 1st, 2010.
The purpose of this communication therefore is to kindly request the Bank in case there is any funding in my favour to avail information to me. I look forward to maximum cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
William Kituuka Kiwanuka
cc Senior Staff bank of Uganda
cc The Electoral Commission
ATTACHMENT NO. 2: THE LETTER TO GOVERNOR BANK OF UGANDA FOR FUNDRAISING.
11th January 2015
The Governor,
Bank of Uganda,
P. O. Box 7120,
Kampala.
Dear Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile,
RE: AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING FUNDRAISING OF SHS 60BN FOR MY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
The 2016 Presidential Elections are about 12 months from the date of this communication. I happen to be one of the Prospect Presidential Candidates for the race. However, you are aware that running for the Presidency is no joking matter. It requires billions. I have come up with a budget for my campaign marketing strategy of Ushs 60 bn as a candidate for a Government of National Unity. To raise the required funds, I have sent out an appeal to the people of Uganda and the international community. Many people out there are sympathetic to the situation Ugandans are going through, and these can readily support a candidate with a proposal to turn around the country for the better.
You are aware of the billions of shillings President Museveni invests in his campaigns, for example, the T-shirts and posters come up to astronomical amounts in shillings. Please, give me the opportunity to receive this money if it is sent, because there is a possibility that it could be sent and diverted to other businesses without my knowledge. I am ready to discuss expenditure plans with the Bank to ensure that the funds are not put to areas that may endanger national security.
I am a representative of forces for peaceful change of leadership in Uganda which is now. I also believe that you would love to be in a peaceful country, and one of the ways you may call for instability is being selective by blocking funds to support a campaign like this while President Museveni has access to the National Treasury and is able to dictate.
I hope we shall have no problem with the Bank in case any friends extend a hand of help to this cause.
Thank you.
Kiwanuka Kituuka
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