The drama at Uganda telecom never seizes to end as news emerging out is that State minister for Investment, Ms Evelyn Anite, has fired Mr Twebaze Bemanya as the administrator of UTL.
This comes at a time when the Minister told the parliament that the government has no idea about how administrator of UTL in operating the company and its not allowed to access the premises. In a letter dated June 26, addressed to the Attorney General, Ms Anite directed him to get immediate replacement for Mr Bemanya, citing that all the concerned parties have lost confidence as the administrator and thus cannot work with him.
The details of the letter are below;
“Reference is made to the letter of the Hon Minister of Planning & Economic Development to you dated 20 June regarding Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL)… In effect, a decision has been taken to remove Mr Bemanya Twebaze, official receiver as the current administrator and to immediately replace him with an individual that we will indicate.
The
purpose of this letter is to request you to urgently apply to Court to
replace the current administrator within the context of Section 172 of
the Insolvency Act, 2011, and the Insolvency Regulations (161 (1)),” the
letter reads in part.
Section 172 of the Insolvency Act, 2011, says:
“The office of provisional administrator or administrator shall become
vacant where the person holding office is removed from office under
section 174(3) or section 206 or where the provisional administrator or
administrator resigns, dies or becomes unqualified to act as an
insolvency practitioner under section 204(2).”
While Section 174(3) states: “Where an order is made under subsection (1) (c), the court may make such order as is appropriate for the preservation of the company’s property, including an order requiring the removed provisional administrator or administrator to make available any accounts, records or other information necessary for that purpose.”
Minister Anite is tooth and nail ready to swear an affidavit to support the court application to ensure that the process moves ahead.
She implored court to speed up the process to ensure that the Administration of the Company progresses without any issues and delays. The minister said government has had difficulties in working with Mr Bemanya for sometime time and has found it hard to work with him.
