Businessmen remanded over bribery
What you need to know:
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit headed by Lt Col Edith Nakalema arrested Lasibu and Bulo last week following reports by several public officials accusing them of demanding money from them.
Kampala. Two businessmen have been remanded to Luzira prison for allegedly impersonating as investigators attached to State House Anti-Corruption Unit.
Mubaraka Bulo of Iganga District and Kasim Lasibu, a mobile money agent in Jinja, were yesterday arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court at Kololo over charges of corruption.
They denied charges of obtaining money by false pretence and impersonation before Grade One Magistrate Sarah Namusobya.
She remanded the suspects because the sureties they presented did not meet the required standard.
“The sureties presented have not demonstrated the ability to meet the high recognisance. Bail is therefore denied,” Ms Namusobya ruled before advising the duo to find the right people to stand for them.
Complaint
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit headed by Lt Col Edith Nakalema arrested Lasibu and Bulo last week following reports by several public officials accusing them of demanding money from them.
Prosecution alleges that on May 9 at Victoria Nile Primary School in Jinja Municipality, Lasibu and Bulo falsely presented themselves as CID investigators attached to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in Kampala and assumed to carry out an investigation involving the head teacher, Ms Harriet Gandi.
The State contends that the duo, with intent to defraud, obtained Shs1.39m from Ms Gandi pretending that they were investigating a case in which she was involved in whereas not.
Meanwhile, a State attorney, who was arrested for allegedly soliciting a Shs6 million bribe, will be arraigned before the same court today. The suspect was arrested in a trap where he had allegedly gone to solicit the bribe.
