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SHACU arrests Balondemu’s Accountant in Fraud Case

KAMPALA.The State House Anti-Corruption Unit, along with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), has arrested an accountant from Bloom Advocates, Ibona Joseph, after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) reinstated a 4.7 billion shilling electronic fraud case against Land Boss David Balondemu and three others. This afternoon, Joseph was brought before Buganda Road Court on 11 counts, including electronic fraud, conspiracy to commit a felony, obtaining money by false pretenses, uttering false documents, and forgery. Ibona appeared alone before Buganda Road Court, which heard that between July 2022 and April 2023, in Kampala, he and the embattled Chairperson of the Kampala District Land Board, David Balondemu, along with lawyer Mkwe Eric Geoffrey and carpenter Kaweesa Ronald Kizito—who are still at large—used a computer network LinkedIn account under the name "African Natural Cannabis/Marijuana" to fraudulently obtain $1,310,650 through Bloom Advocates' Stanbic Bank […]

admin November 13, 2024

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Engineer Tumukugize remanded over theft of Kiruddu hospital mattresses

BY URN. KAMPALA. Darlington Tumukugize a biomedical engineer working with Kiruddu national referral hospital was on Friday remanded to Luzira prison on charges of theft of eight mattresses and other government valuables. Tumukugize was arraigned before the court presided over by grade one magistrate Patience Lorna Mukundane. He was charged with two counts: possessing stolen property and unlawful possession of government stores contrary to the Penal Code Act. Court heard that on April 23 at Kakoola village Ndejje parish in Wakiso district, Tumukugize had in his possession certain government stores. They included four hospital mattresses, one blue mattress labelled community advance and three other hospital mattresses with a black mackintosh bearing the marks applied on stores under the control of Kiruddu and Mulago hospitals. The prosecution suspects him to have stolen or unlawfully obtained the said property. The court further heard […]

admin April 29, 2024

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Conmen defraud Turkish firm Shs 2.2 billion in bogus fertiliser deal

KAMPALA. Ugandan fraudsters have defrauded a Turkish company, Iskenderun Fertilizer Inc., of over Shs 2.2 billion in a fraudulent fertilizer deal. The State House Anti-Corruption Unit is currently investigating this incident with the Uganda Police Force. Between May and September 2023, two accomplices, already arrested, Ronnie Mukasa and his partners, operating under Kureha (U) Ltd, tricked the Turkish company into shipping 28 containers of fertilizer (each containing 540 bags) to Uganda. After receiving the goods, Mukasa and his associates ceased communication and began selling the fertilizers in the market. Some of the stolen fertilizers have been recovered from shops in Container Village, a business center for agricultural chemicals and other products. The implicated company, Kureha (U) Ltd, is not registered. The anti-corruption unit has involved the police and Container Village leaders to encourage traders to return the stolen goods and […]

admin April 9, 2024