Fort Portal City Officials Face Corruption Charges after SH-ACU Op
FORTPORTAL: Three Fort Portal City officials - Kagaba Richard Ndora, Kyomuhendo Susan, and Ben Mutooro Musinguzi - have been brought before the Anti-corruption Court by a joint effort from the State House Anti Corruption Unit (SH-ACU), CID, and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The charges they face revolve around allegations of Abuse of Office stemming from their involvement in a scandal surrounding unauthorized appointments. It is reported that between November 2022 and July 2023, the accused officials abused their authority by improperly issuing appointment letters to 23 individuals without the necessary clearance from the Public Service. Allegedly to cover their tracks and circumvent detection, these letters were falsely backdated to June 29, 2023, just a day before a circular issued by the ministry of public service on June 30, 2023, suspended all recruitments lacking proper authorization. This […]