{"id":60366,"date":"2022-11-17T15:48:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T12:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=60366"},"modified":"2022-11-17T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T12:50:02","slug":"two-kichwamba-institute-officials-arrested-over-abuse-of-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/two-kichwamba-institute-officials-arrested-over-abuse-of-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Kichwamba institute officials arrested over abuse of office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Inspectorate of Government has arrested and charged two senior officials of Uganda <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical College (UTC) Kichwamba in Kabarole district over abuse of office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The arrested include; the Principal, Silver Mukwasiibwe, 58, and the Deputy Principal Joseph Nyakojo aged 56 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is alleged that between July and October 2022 while performing his duties as Principal, Mukwasibwe abused the authority of his office and irregularly procured goods and services worth UGX 130,659,500 contrary to provisions in the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, thereby causing financial loss of Shs83,424,300 meant for various activities at the institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prosecution adds that the suspects&#8217; acts were prejudicial to the interests of their employer. Mukwasiibwe was also charged with diversion of public resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Mukwasibwe is accused of using Shs79,825,705 to pay for various activities unrelated to those for which they were intended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prosecution further states that Mukwasiibwe and Grace Tibanagwa between the months of July 2020 and June<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022 while employed as Principal and Accountant of UTC Kichwamba respectively, paid Shs233,869,800 meant for different activities to different people for no work done with knowledge or reason to believe that their acts would cause Kichwamba Technical Institute financial loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two were expected to appear in Court today, Thursday, November 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inspectorate of Government has arrested and charged two senior officials of Uganda Technical College (UTC) Kichwamba in Kabarole district over abuse of office. \u00a0The arrested include; the Principal, Silver Mukwasiibwe, 58, and the Deputy Principal Joseph Nyakojo aged 56 years. \u00a0It is alleged that between July and October 2022 while performing his duties as Principal, Mukwasibwe abused the authority of his office and irregularly procured goods and services worth UGX 130,659,500 contrary to provisions in the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, thereby causing financial loss of Shs83,424,300 meant for various activities at the institute. \u00a0Prosecution adds that the suspects&#8217; acts were prejudicial to the interests of their employer. 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