Igara West MP, Hon. Gaffa Mbwatekamwa, has actually contacted federal government to make up and rescue Ugandan trainees stranded in Iran complying with a claimed phony scholarship system worked with with the Workplace of the National Chairman of NRM Celebration in Kyambogo.
Hon. Mbwatekamwa claimed that the 100 trainees were enticed right into requesting the completely moneyed research study possibilities yet might not discover the training courses obtained on arrival in Iran. He included that each trainee was made to pay US$ 800 as a demand for traveling to Iran.
” On 10 October 2023 the Workplace of NRM National Chairman, Kyambogo created an advert asking for all Ugandans that wished to most likely to Iran on scholarship for different training courses. One hundred trainees were taken and guaranteed that the scholarship would certainly cover all the prices, yet as we chat, when they got to some located that the training courses they were informed do not exist,” he claimed.
He claimed that a few of the trainees have actually been pressed to the roads, with some ladies transforming to hooking.
Hon. Abed Bwanika (NUP, Kimaanya-Kabonera Department), vouched for the circumstances of Ugandan trainees in Iran, pointing out a family member that was presumably ripped off in the very same system.
” Among my family members is a sufferer of the system. He was required to Iran by the very same workplace to examine vet medication, and was stranded and did not also have transportation back. We have actually simply left him. This is a severe issue and it should be checked out,” claimed Bwanika.
The Darkness Priest for Foreign Matters, Hon. Muwada Nkunyingi claimed federal government needs to utilize this situation to attend to the voids in polite depiction in Iran produced by the death of previous Ugandan Ambassador to Iran, Muhammad Kisambira in August 2023.
Nkunyingi observed that visit of an ambassador might be amongst the solutions needed to attend to the circumstances of Ugandan nationals in Iran.
The Priest of Foreign Matters, Jeje Odongo, claimed the claims were brand-new to him yet promised to explore and give a substantive declaration during the week.
He better kept in mind that the voids in polite depictions were not just in Iran yet in 3 various other objectives consisting of Kenya given that the fatality of Ambassador, Hassan Wasswa Galiwango in January 2023.
Distributed by APO Team in support of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda.
