EXPOSED: Jinja RCC Darius Nandinda in Trouble over Unpaid Hotel Bills

JINJA Resident City Commissioner (RCC), Mr. Darius Nandinda is reportedly in trouble over suspected fraud after he declined to pay for a stay at a high-end hotel in Jinja City, Source Garden Hotel.

The unpaid hotel bill, which included accommodation and meals, amounts to around Shs 8 million, a source reported on condition of anonymity.

It is alleged that Nandinda, the President’s representative in Jinja was accommodated at the hotel when he had just reported in Busoga’s City to carry out his official duties and being an official, the management trusted his reputation to clear the bills.

‘’As his bills accumulated, Nandinda was excited and felt comfort from our hospitality , an oasis of cool and green, with a secure environment ideally of Source Garden Hotel. He then held his wedding activities at the Hotel including the honeymoon’’, added a source.

Nandinda and his bonkmate reportedly stayed at the luxurious hotel fully being looked after by the excellent staff, enjoying all sorts of food and beverages as if they had won a travel coupon.

‘’Things turned ugly when the flamboyant RCC left the facility and immediately started ignoring calls to clear the bills .People of Jinja City still wonder how an RCC could spend all that time residing in a luxurious hotel and fails to pay well aware that the hospitality industry is struggling with the post –COVID-19 constraints and bank loans’’, noted further our source.

It is alleged that Nandinda further hired the hotel’s Limousine for some days, including the accommodation for some guests who had travelled long distances to grace the wedding who also were treated to ‘heaven and earth’ by the hotel , the bills he hasn’t cleared.

After enjoying the amenities at the out-of-town retreat spread over 5 acres of well-manicured gardens, with lawns, swaying palm trees and tropical plants that create a tranquil atmosphere, Nandinda reportedly stopped picking calls from the hotel administrators until now.

It should be noted that the Source Garden Hotel is one of the best tourism facilities in the Busoga’s capital with a luxurious traditional décor throughout, warm meals in the hotel restaurant, which features an exquisite selection of local and international dishes with a selection of wines, beers and spirits at the hotel bar, making it a great location for any tourist or special event.

We could not get the embattled RCC by press time as we were told he was attending a sensitive meeting .

Early this year, Minister for presidency Hon Babirye Milly Babalanda warned RDCs and other civil servants against incompetence saying that she is ready to filter the system and bear with only those willing to work as per their job. The Minister was speaking at NRM Liberation Day (NRM Day) celebrations for Iganga district as the chief guest at Bunyiro Muslim primary school in Nawaningi sub-county, Iganga district.

It should be noted that the primary formal roles of the RDC/RCC include; monitoring the provision of services, ensuring security and taking on tasks as directed by the president -laid out in the Constitution and any additional guidelines provided by the Office of the Presidency.

As ‘district Presidents’,RDC/RCCs coordinate the administration of government services in the district, to advise chairperson on matters of a national nature that may affect the district or its plans and programmes and particularly the relations between the district and the government and to carry out such other functions as may be assigned by the President or prescribed by Parliament, even though some deviate from these roles which has landed them into tribulations.