Hospital boss held over funds
Nov 21, 2010
THE Soroti Hospital medical superintendent, Dr. Philip Anyama, has been arrested together with two other staff over embezzlement and causing financial loss.
By Simon Naulele
and Felix Osujo
THE Soroti Hospital medical superintendent, Dr. Philip Anyama, has been arrested together with two other staff over embezzlement and causing financial loss.
The arrest was conducted by the Medicines and Health Service Delivery Monitoring Unit (MHSDMU) under State House following the ongoing investigations in Teso sub-region.
According to Abbey Caleb Tashobya, a Police detective attached to MHSDMU, Anyama together with Bob Eyatu, 54, a book keeper and Sylvester Ediangu, 56, a senior accounts assistant, forged minutes, purporting to have held a meeting in which the hospital lost sh769,000.
Eyatu and Ediangu were arrested on Friday as they went to refund the sh769,000 to the Police in order to have the case dropped. Anyama was arrested from his office in the afternoon.
Eyatu confessed at the Soroti Central Police Station that the meeting did not take place.
This brings to five the number of medical workers arrested in one week.
The senior stores assistant, Celestine Egonu, 50, and assistant engineering officer, William Makombe, 48, were arrested over the disappearance of drugs worth sh391m and falsification of procurement documents last week.
The MHSDMU assistant director, Mpaata Owagage, said in 2008/2009, about sh300m was released for theatre equipment, but only sh58m has been accounted for. “There are some areas we are investigating, including the generator repair which led the hospital to lose sh6.8m,†he said.
and Felix Osujo
THE Soroti Hospital medical superintendent, Dr. Philip Anyama, has been arrested together with two other staff over embezzlement and causing financial loss.
The arrest was conducted by the Medicines and Health Service Delivery Monitoring Unit (MHSDMU) under State House following the ongoing investigations in Teso sub-region.
According to Abbey Caleb Tashobya, a Police detective attached to MHSDMU, Anyama together with Bob Eyatu, 54, a book keeper and Sylvester Ediangu, 56, a senior accounts assistant, forged minutes, purporting to have held a meeting in which the hospital lost sh769,000.
Eyatu and Ediangu were arrested on Friday as they went to refund the sh769,000 to the Police in order to have the case dropped. Anyama was arrested from his office in the afternoon.
Eyatu confessed at the Soroti Central Police Station that the meeting did not take place.
This brings to five the number of medical workers arrested in one week.
The senior stores assistant, Celestine Egonu, 50, and assistant engineering officer, William Makombe, 48, were arrested over the disappearance of drugs worth sh391m and falsification of procurement documents last week.
The MHSDMU assistant director, Mpaata Owagage, said in 2008/2009, about sh300m was released for theatre equipment, but only sh58m has been accounted for. “There are some areas we are investigating, including the generator repair which led the hospital to lose sh6.8m,†he said.