Supervisor charged, remanded over sh150m tax evasion

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A supervisor at Good Brothers ICD Limited has been charged with fraudulent tax evasion amounting to sh150 million.

Arnold Magara, 39, a resident of Kira Town Council, was on July 14, 2025, arraigned before the Nakasero-based Anti-Corruption Court and charged with interfering with goods under customs control, contrary to Section 203(f) of the East African Community Customs Management Act, as well as fraudulent evasion of tax under the same Act.

Magara was charged before Grade One Magistrate Esther Asiimwe, who remanded him to Luzira Prison until July 24, 2025, after the sureties he presented were found to be unsubstantial.

He is facing the charges alongside Jude Thadius Sebuliba, a clearing agent who also doubles as the director of Logistics Limited and a resident of Ntinda, Kigowa. Sebuliba is currently still at large.

The prosecution, led by Thomas Davis Lomuria, a litigation officer at the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), alleges that on June 4, 2025, at the Good Brothers Bond in Namanve, Wakiso district, Magara, Sebuliba, and others, still at large, unlawfully removed goods from container number TCNU8777203 without authorisation.

They allegedly loaded the goods onto truck number UAX 402Y, placed them in container number TWCU8043572 under seal number GBAS00208, and released the truck from the bond.

It is further alleged that on the same day, at Namanve in Wakiso District, Magara, Sebuliba, and others, still at large, fraudulently loaded uncustomed goods onto trucks number UAX 403Y and UPU 583, with the intent to evade taxes.

The goods, valued at sh150 million, were allegedly consigned to Casper, Ismail Walukagga, Fatuma Namatovu, and other individuals identified only as Fikri and Namuddu.

Lomuria informed court that inquiries into the matter are still ongoing and asked for more time to update the court on the status of investigations. The case was adjourned to July 24, 2025, for mention.