BUSHENYI ISHAKA MUNICIPAL TREASURER CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION; ORDERED TO PAY FINE OF 5M, REFUND 104.7M

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In Bushenyi—

Anti-corruption court has today 2^nd March 2021convicted and sentenced the interdicted Bushenyi Ishaka municipal treasurer Jackson Muhwezi Beyendeza over embezzlement.

Muhwezi was charged with embezzlement (theft) of 104.7 million shillings he illegally withdrew from the municipal accounts.  

The anti-corruption court has thus ordered him to pay a fine of 5M and refund the 104.7 M he had stolen.

Apollo Lee Kakonge the CEO Western Ankole Civil Society Forum said that this is a great achievement for the citizens of      Bushenyi in their anti-corruption struggle which has lasted more than a year.

“It is no longer business unusual,” the excited activist posted on his face book page.   

Jackson Muhwezi Beyendeza was in March last year interdicted on charges of embezzlement alongside other two staff on the orders of the minister of local government Raphael Magyezi.

The three who included among others the Procurement officer Roberto Nuwagira and municipal engineer Deus Nuwagaba rushed to court seeking for the nullification of their interdiction but their case was dismissed with costs.

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