Three Fort Portal City Officials Remanded to Prison Over Corruption.
Mr. Kagaba Richard Ndora, Ms. Kyomuhendo Susan, and Mr. Ben Mutooro Musinguzi, are charged with abuse of office
The Anti-Corruption Court Presided over by Grade One Magistrate Christopher Opit has remanded three Officials of Fort Portal City to Luzira Prison on charges of abusing their offices by issuing illegal appointment letters to job applicants.
The detained officials include Kagaba Richard Ndora, the former acting Deputy Town Clerk, Kyomuhendo Susan, a Senior Assistant Secretary to the City Service Commission and Ben Mutooro Musinguzi, an office assistant who also serves as an assistant records officer.
They were arrested and paraded in Court , by the State House – Anti Corruption Unit together with Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
It is alleged that between November 2022 and July 2023, the accused abused their offices by forging and issuing appointment letters to 23 applicants without clearance from the Public Service.
Sources have it that the letters were backdated to June 29, 2023, to evade a circular which had been issued on June 30, 2023, by the Ministry of Public Service which suspended all recruitments that lacked clearance.
The suspects reportedly disregarded several earlier circulars from the Ministry of Public Service and the Public Service Commission that provided guidance on proper recruitment procedures.
The three have been charged with abuse of office and remanded to Luzira Prison until Wednesday 4th Dec 2024 when they will re appear in court for further mentioning of the charges against them.
