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December 8, 1982
To: Roger N wburn
From: Dale Bonde
Subject: Irregularities at U.C.T.U.
I have been doing some checking on internal procedures
at Kawempe, and am quite certain that the following
th 'Wgs are going on within the organization.
Approximately one month ago, the management needed to
purchase 50 truck tyres. supposedly from Dunlop Tyre
Co. in Jinja. However the management decided to buy
from a private part instead. The Dunlop tyres cost
85,000 shillings, whereas the management paid 125.000
shillings each to the private party. This was pretty
much genoral knowledge among the employees.
From bits of information I have picked up, some examples
of irregularities at U.C.T.U. are:
(1) The receptionist will charge the customer 6ne-half
to three-quarters mare,than than the normal fee, and
then split the difference with the customers.
(2) The receptionist, the cashier and transport clerk
will conspire to show on the rental slip that the trip
will take :'our days, whereas it only takes two days.
The truck will operate two days for the customer and
use the vehicle two days for their own benefit.
If another clerk catches the difference, it is explained
as a written error. The same employees also have a
faked receipt book with similar serial numbers, and after
the transaction the faked receipt is destroyed.
(3) In some instances, the staff is delivered to their
homes at the end of the work day, Rather than send the
unit back to the yard, the staff will use the vehicle
that night and the next day before returning the unit.
On several occasions I have seen U.C.T.U. units operating
in residentail areas just before dark.
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