Cop charged on sh7.7b fuel loss
Feb 16, 2004
THE head of the Police marine unit at Kigo was yesterday charged with diverting diesel worth sh7.7b belonging to the force,
THE head of the Police marine unit at Kigo was yesterday charged with diverting diesel worth sh7.7b belonging to the force, reports Maurice Okore.
Inspector Alphonse Mutabazi, 43, was also charged before the Buganda Road Court Magistrate, John Kaggwa, with failure to account for spare parts imported for seven Police boats used in patrolling Lake Victoria.
Mutabazi denied the charges in a brief appearance before the court and he was remanded at Luzira Prisons until March 2.
“I am sending you to remand prison until March 2 because the court has no powers to hear your bail application. But it is your right to apply for bail in the High Court anytime you fell like,†Kaggwa told Mutabazi who was whisked away by a couple of Police officers and prison warders to a waiting bus.
Prosecutor Ambrose Opira said Mutabazi diverted the diesel on February 6, 2001.
Opira said the suspect also signed for the spare parts seven boats for his unit from the Police mechanical workshop but no repairs were done on the boats.
He said the spare parts included oil filters, diesel filters, water drainers and injector pumps.
Opira said the accused abused the authority entrusted to him by the Public Service Commission.
Mutabazi faces a possible jail term not exceeding seven years if convicted.
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Inspector Alphonse Mutabazi, 43, was also charged before the Buganda Road Court Magistrate, John Kaggwa, with failure to account for spare parts imported for seven Police boats used in patrolling Lake Victoria.
Mutabazi denied the charges in a brief appearance before the court and he was remanded at Luzira Prisons until March 2.
“I am sending you to remand prison until March 2 because the court has no powers to hear your bail application. But it is your right to apply for bail in the High Court anytime you fell like,†Kaggwa told Mutabazi who was whisked away by a couple of Police officers and prison warders to a waiting bus.
Prosecutor Ambrose Opira said Mutabazi diverted the diesel on February 6, 2001.
Opira said the suspect also signed for the spare parts seven boats for his unit from the Police mechanical workshop but no repairs were done on the boats.
He said the spare parts included oil filters, diesel filters, water drainers and injector pumps.
Opira said the accused abused the authority entrusted to him by the Public Service Commission.
Mutabazi faces a possible jail term not exceeding seven years if convicted.
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