Government has terminated the Aponye’s contract to supply beans and posho for vulnerable communities during the Covid-19 period. According to the Minister for Kampala, Betty Amongi Aponye ‘s supply contract was terminated after officials from the Office of the Prime Minister discovered that the food consignments he had supplied were of poor quality.

“When they tested some of those consignments which were in big volume which would have served for the period of Easter were found not fit for consumption by UNBS,” she said.

The Minister for Disaster and Preparedness  Musa Ecweru told the press that Aponye’s supplies had failed the Uganda National Bureau of Standards tests. “Aponye had some challenges, food was found to have some foreign bodies like the beans were not clean, so they were told to go,”

Aponye, however, denied supplying substandard food.

“I have never supplied substandard food. The minister should produce a certificate that shows that I supplied substandard foods, the allegation is not true,” he said.

The relief program was launched on April 4 by the Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda.