The Auditor General, during the handover report for the Financial Year 2023, revealed that five (05) public Universities in Uganda are teaching 222 expired courses!
The Universities include Makerere University (120) courses, Kyambogo University (63 courses), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (21 courses), Makerere University Business School (15 courses) and Gulu University (03 courses).
“Analysis of programmes from 5 Universities revealed that out of the 629 programmes, only 332 were accredited, 138 had been sent to NCHE for accreditation, while 222 were not accredited,” read in part the report.
Meanwhile, the report revealed that 5,619,120 COVID-19 vaccines valued at Sh28.159b, expired in the stores of National Medical Stores, yet they were bought by a loan from the World Bank.
“Out of 12,595,920 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in stores, 5,619,120 doses had expired. The expired COVID-19 value of the vaccines as at reporting date was worth . More expired vaccines still lie in various health facilities across the country and the total combined loss to be incurred next year is estimated at Shs300Bn. These are vaccines procured out of the World Bank loan advanced for COVID-19 support,” read in part the report.
