By Edward Anyoli

THE director of Mulumba Inc, Stephen Wakhweya, accused of mismanaging sh31m of the Global Fund money, bought medical insurance worth 7.2m from the International Air Ambulance (IAA) Hospital.

Flavia Nansubuga, the operational manager of IAA, told the Anti-corruption Court yesterday that Wakhweya was registered as a silver client of IAA in the name of Mulumba Inc, an NGO that was contracted to carry out Global Fund activities.

Nansubuga told Justice Paul Mugamba that Wakhweya registered at IAA in 2005. Personal silver cover gives patients unlimited access to treatment.

David Namanya, the former finance manager of the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) denied reports that the centre received sh1,855,000 from Mulumba Inc as payment for counselling and training of the NGO staff.

Namanya said JCRC never carried out such activities.

“We did not have such records when the Police came to verify whether we issued receipts acknowledging payment,” Namanya said.

Patrick Wafula, another prosecution witness, testified that Bududa Hospital never received sh626,000 from Mulumba Inc for tuberculosis counseling and payment for baseline analysis and production of data.

He disowned a receipt allegedly issued by Mulumba Inc for payment for counselling.

Wafula, an administrator at Budada Hospital, told court that the hospital did not receive any fund in relation to Global Fund activities.

Wakhweya is alleged to have mismanaged sh31,915,040 he received from the Project Management Unit in March 2005.

The money was meant to cater for HIV/AIDS related activities, support orphans and other vulnerable children.

Wakhweya also faces charges of uttering false documents, claiming he had carried out several activities in connection with the project. Prosecution led by state attorney Jane Okuo said Wakhweya did not account for the money.

The case was adjourned to October14.