Luuka district engineers, headteacher charged over sh225m fuel theft, selling jobs

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Two Luuka district engineers have been arraigned before the Iganga Chief Magistrate’s Court on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and theft of fuel.

The December 22, 2025, development follows their arrest by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU), working together with the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID) and Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).

In a statement shared on Monday, SHACU identified the two suspects as acting district engineer Rajab Musisi and Luuka District Local Government assistant engineering officer Daniel Sengoba.

Two Luuka district engineers have been arraigned before the Iganga Chief Magistrate’s Court on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and theft of fuel. (Courtesy photo)

“The accused and Bernard Kayeyera, an Assistant Engineer, who is still on the run, in the financial year 2024-2025 in Luuka district, misappropriated fuel valued at shillings 222 million meant for road works under the shillings one billion road maintenance grant. The fuel was meant for works on various roads, including Busanda-Ikumbya Road, Busalamu–Waibuga Road, Ikumbya–Nantamali Road, Bukoova–Nawaka Road, and Kyanvuma–Wandago Road,” the statement says.

SHACU said the three Engineers: Musisi, Sengoba, and Kayeyera, would inflate the fuel required for different road projects and then later misappropriate the fuel by drawing it irregularly or issuing it to private individuals, outside the planned works.

To cover up, the engineers would allegedly then connive with different fuel station managers to falsify accountabilities purporting to have issued the fuel to drivers under the Works Department for road works, which drivers denied having consumed the said fuel.

Extortion allegations

SHACU also said George Muduuli, the headteacher of Tabingwa Primary School, was also charged with extorting from job applicants during recruitment in the district.

Muduuli is implicated in different cases where applicants paid between shillings 5.7 million and 17 million for various positions in the district. He purportedly paid the said amount to members of the District Service Commission to secure jobs for the different victims for jobs.

SHACU said investigations are ongoing on the involvement of members of the service commission in this, among other corruption cases in the district.

All the suspects were remanded till January 8, 2026.