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BY VANANSIO KAKOGOSO

IN KABALE—

Police in Kabale district is investigating circumstances under which
Northern Division Treasure is accused of swindling government funds.
Godwin Asiimwe aka Brown was arrested yesterday on orders of Kabale
Municipal mayor Emmanuel Sentaro Byamugisha and Kabale district
Internal Security officer Ronald Kashaija Byenjeru.
Asiimwe was arrested after two audit reports of 2015/2016 pinned him
that he paid himself 26million shillings for monitoring projects and
other activities that never existed.
He is also accused of diverting Community Demand Driven-CDD funds
totaling to 18million that were intended to benefit women and youth
groups in Northern division.
The report also indicate that northern division sponsored Asiimwe with
7.7million shillings in 2015 to go for diploma course at Uganda
Management Institute which he did not do. It indicates that he forged
the transcript to account for the money.
The audit report also indicate that Asiimwe paid himself allowances
for fuel totaling to 6million yet he did not have a registered vehicle
that is supposed to get division fuel.
Sentaro says that they will follow up the audit report so that the tax
payers’ money is not put to waste by selfish civil servants.

The Officer in charge criminal investigations at Kabale police station
Henry Ariyanga says that Asiimwe was arrested but he has been released
on police bond as investigations into the matter continue.
The Northern Division Chairperson Isaac Mucunguzi Rushoga says that
the arrest of Asiimwe should teach other civil servants not to swindle
public money or they face the law.

By Edson Kinene

in Kanungu

Police in Kanungu are holding one person in connection with the theft
of music system that belonged to St.peters church Nyakatare. The music system was
stolen on Thursday last week.
Joab wabwire, the district police commander identified the suspect as
one Katende a resident of Nyakatunguru in Kasese district who was
arrested on Wednesday 30th November as he tried to transport a big
speaker.
“we have arrested one katende we found trying to take the sound
speaker we believe is one of the music system stolen from the church
last week from Kihiihi to Kasese” Wabwire said.
Wabwire adds that investigations have been on going until Katende’s arrest.
“we are going to use the vital information the suspect has provided to
arrest his gang and recover other Music systems still missing” said
Wabwire.
He says Katende’s arrest followed a concern from a taxi driver one
salongo who asked Katende for a receipt for the speaker which he
failed to provide.
“we received a call from a concerned citizen, so as swung in action
and arrested the suspect” .
He called on the public to be vigilant of such people especially now
that a festive season is drawing closer.