Court sets date for ex-Monitor staff trial

Kampala. The hearing of a case against former sales executive of Monitor Publications Limited on embezzlement charges will start on December 1.
Mr Owen Kakama is being tried before the Anti-Corruption Court.
The court set the hearing date after prosecution submitted that investigations into the case had been completed.
“Your worship investigations in the matter are complete and we seek a hearing date,” State prosecutor Caroline Tabaro told the trial magistrate, Mr Peter Fred Lochomin.

Hearing
The magistrate adjourned the case to December1 for the hearing.
Prosecution states that Mr Kakama in August 2015 at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Kampala District, being employed by Monitor Publications Limited as a sales executive, stole Shs10m he received from the Ministry of Health on behalf of the company, which money was meant for an advert for the government’s launch of Hepatitis B campaign.

Prosecution
The prosecution contends that after receiving the money, Mr Kakama did not remit it to his employer but instead disappeared with it until May 4, when he was arrested and handed over to police.
Mr Kakama appeared in court without legal representation.

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