The Anticorruption Court’s has today sent the embattled Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) on remand to Kigo Prison until November 4th, 2020 when she will reappear in court for her bail application.
Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi, who is facing three charges of corruption today appeared in court following failure to attend court for three times and pleaded not guilty to the charges that prosecutors say, caused taxpayers loss of money.
According to a charge sheet by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ntambi and the co-accused “between 19th November 2018 and 3oth April 2019 conspired to defraud the government of Uganda a sum of Uganda Shillings Thirty-Five Million, Two Thousand (UGX35,002,000). The money was “purportedly for undertaking an audit exercise of Rural Electrification Programme in Uganda” which activity is said not to have taken place.
The Chairperson is also involved in another conspiracy to defraud charge, involving UGX9,480,000. In this particular case, she is jointly charged with Mujuni Mpitsi, Agnes Edith Kamahoro, a Senior Personal Secretary and Olwor Sunday Nicholas, the Commission’s Undersecretary.
The other accused are: Agnes Enid Kamahoro the Senior Personal Secretary, Moses Mugabe the Senior Monitoring Evaluation Officer, Mujuni Mpitsi the Secretary to the Commission, Byangire Harriet the Senior Accountant, Kwesiga Ronnie the Accounts Assistant, Jemba Evans the Principle Compliance Officer, Kwihangana Manasseh the Senior Compliance Officer; Sarah Nassanga the Commission Attendant and Olwor Sunday Nicholas the Under-secretary.
The prosecution says the accused officials conspired and requisitioned, approved, and forwarded the said monies for payment purporting that it was going to conduct sensitization activities in Karamoja Sub-region; to undertake an audit exercise of rural electrification program in Uganda; for development of 1 and 2 draft Commission HIV/Aids workplace policy; for monitoring exercise in Lower Local Government and for sensitization on equity and rights issues in lower local govt whereas not and which action they knew would cause financial loss to the Government.
