I can now say thanks to the IGG for the first bold step you have taken against Engineer Isaac Wani. All along, I have been writing and bringing out reasons why Mr Wani should also vacate the office to pave the way for investigations.
According to the IGG letter dated 23rd October 2026 in my possession, it reads partly:
“The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Lady Justice Naluzze Aisha Batala, has cleared Mr Bageya Waiswa, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Transport, to resume work. Lady Justice Naluzze communicated to the Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet, Mrs Ruth Nakyobe Mbonye, informing her that investigations conducted by the Inspector General of Government on the cost escalations of the construction of the USEGA-Mpigi Expressway project established that Mr Bageya was not involved in the earlier decision that resulted in the escalations.
According to investigations, the project was transferred to the Ministry of Works in 2024 from UNRA following the rationalisation of government agencies and the public expenditure exercise.
It was further established that Mr Bageya initiated technical audits, funding approval and procurement processes aimed at getting the project back on track after the transfer of the project to the Ministry of Works and Transport. Therefore, the IGG has cleared Mr Bageya of any wrongdoing.
However, the IGG has directed the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Transport to immediately interdict Eng. Isaac Wani, the Commissioner for National Roads, to pave the way for investigations into his alleged involvement in the escalation of the costs of the same project. The PS has further been directed to make interim arrangements to ensure the uninterrupted discharge of the office’s duties during the period of interdiction.
During investigations, the IGG established that Eng. Isaac Wani was the Director of Network Planning and Engineering at the defunct UNRA when the costs for the construction of the project were escalated,” the IGG letter reads.
To me, I thank the IGG for this step. I would also urge you to go further and establish whether the Minister for Works, Mr Fred Byamukama, is also clean.
Now that you have established where the problem lies, I also urge you to clear the dismissed officials and allow them to resume their duties because, in my view, they were wrongly implicated.
More details will follow.
The writer is a senior veteran journalist.
