IT consultant charged with money laundering using URA system
Nsale is jointly charged with three URA customs officers — John Mawerere, a resident of Katabi in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District; Godfrey Omony, a resident of Kyebando, Kawempe Division; and Marvin Kayima, a resident of Banda, Wakiso District.
IT consultant charged with money laundering using URA system
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An information technology consultant has been charged with money laundering in connection with the alleged unauthorised access to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) computerised customs system.
Ronnie Nsale, 39, a resident of Remera, KG 9, Gate No. 8, Kigali, Rwanda, was initially charged with unlawfully accessing URA’s computerised customs system. The prosecution, led by manager prosecution Lydia Katami from URA, later amended the charge to include money laundering.
Nsale appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court in Nakasero on September 23, 2026, where Principal Grade One Magistrate Paul Mujuni read the amended charge to him.
He was remanded to Luzira Prison until October 12, 2026, because the money laundering charge is triable by a judge.
The three URA officers are accused of falsifying tax information relating to the importation of motor vehicles.
According to the prosecution, between August and September 2024, Nsale and his co-accused knowingly converted and transferred money allegedly obtained through fraudulent evasion of customs duty.
The charge sheet alleges that the suspects used customs entry number UGKLA C73959 and fraudulently claimed payment of customs duties and tax clearances through URA’s Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA).
Prosecution alleges that part of the money was remitted to a mobile money account belonging to URA, while another portion was sent to Nsale’s mobile money account.
It is further alleged that the transactions were intended to conceal the illicit origin of the money. Nsale’s co-accused were charged earlier in connection with the alleged offences.
It is alleged to have manipulated entry C42731 relating to a Toyota Harrier motor vehicle, registration number UBR 998H, by falsely indicating that customs duty amounting to sh24.1 million had been paid under payment registration number (PRN) 625000 using Tax Identification Number 1027802835 belonging to Shafik Wamala.
In another count, it is alleged that Nsale, together with Mawerere, a Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) customs officer; Omonyi, a URA officer; Kayima, a URA officer; Joshua Rubagasira Asiimwe, a manager at Toll Free of Spectrum Uganda, located on Vubyabirenge Close, Ntinda–Stretcher Road; and another accused person identified only as Jackson Birungi, falsified information stored in the customs computerised system to allegedly facilitate the clearance of motor vehicle tax. Nsale's co-accused were charged last year and are out on bail.
The prosecution further alleges that the accused aided the commission of a tax offence on August 6, 2024, in Kampala district, by falsifying the clearance details of a Toyota Harrier motor vehicle, registration number UBR 998H. The accused allegedly used Tax Identification Number (TIN) 1027802835 belonging to Wamala and falsely indicated that customs duty amounting to sh24.1 million had been paid.