Kampala – On Friday afternoon, State House Anti Corruption Unit (SHACU) together with office of the Director of Public Prosecution(ODPP) arraigned Akleo Mugisha (an advocate) before the Anti corruption Court.
On appearing before court , Mugisha was charged with Forgery, Theft, and conspiracy to defraud.
Being that the Prosecution had informed court that inquiries in the matter are still underway, he was remanded to prison until June 17, 2025.
Prosecution contends that , the accused, with others still at large, created a fraudulent arbitral award dated November 22, 2019. In this document, they claimed that they had been contracted by the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council (UNMC) to develop a software and database application for use by the council members. It is also alleged that the council had failed to make the necessary payments for the work amounting to UGX444.3 million shillings.
That they went ahead and obtained a garnishee order where they attached the Council’s account from which they stole this money.
The accused together with others including a Magistrate who was dismissed, orchestrated this scheme by producing and using falsified legal documents, including the arbitral award to unlawfully obtain funds. These funds were reportedly transferred to an account belonging to Ram Engineering (U) Ltd, a company that belongs to Mugambagye Julius, a co accused.
