Three more charged over Global fund
Oct 25, 2008
THREE officials of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) have been arrested and charged over allegations of misappropriating global fund money.
By Chris Ahimbisibwe
THREE officials of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) have been arrested and charged over allegations of misappropriating global fund money.
Faith Ruranga Nyindo, 50, the director of St Charles Aids Programme, was arrested by detectives from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution. Nyindo is a resident of Katara, Bunyaruguru in Bushenyi.
Others who have been arrested are Flavia Mpirwe, 26, the project consultant and Aloysius Rutindo, 57, a bursar at Kichwamba High School.
The three were arrested and charged, in the chief magistrate’s court, with forgery, uttering false documents and false accounting, among others.
The NGO got money from the Global Fund project through the Integrated Community Based Initiatives (ICOBI).
Appearing before the Bushenyi chief magistrate, Charles Kisakye, prosecution said the NGO’s directors mismanaged over sh14m meant for supporting orphans and vulnerable children.
They were supposed to pay school fees and provide care for 21 secondary school students. According to the charge sheet, between January and March 2006, the officials indicated that they had distributed iron sheets worth sh3.6m to the children whereas they did not. It adds that sh1.6m meant for school fees was not paid.
The officials were released on bail after paying sh1m and the case was adjourned to November 11.
This raises to five, the number of people charged over the mismanagement of Global Fund monies. The director of economic intelligence in ISO, Teddy Sseezi Cheeye and Fred Kavuma, the former production manager with Uganda Television (UTV), were charged and sent to prison early this week.
Cheeye was charged with 26 offences that included embezzlement, forgery, making false entries in accounts and uttering false documents.
He is accused of embezzling sh120m through his company Uganda Centre for Accountability that had been contracted by the Government to audit Global Fund activities in the districts of Rakai, Kabale, Ntungamo and Mbarara.
Kavuma was charged with 14 offences that included forgery, uttering false documents, obtaining money by false pretence, abuse of office, impersonation and fraudulent accounting.
He is accused of obtaining sh41m through a contract he signed with the Ministry of Health. Kavuma allegedly obtained the money saying he would organise sensitisation programmes on HIV/AIDS through the then UTV.
On Thursday, ethics and integrity minister, Dr. Nsaba Buturo said the Government would, in the next two months, prosecute 11 high profile people implicated in the Global Fund saga.
“Finally, after very many months of people accusing us of lacking the will to address corruption, Government is ready for the hearing of the cases,†Buturo told journalists at the Media Centre on Thursday.
THREE officials of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) have been arrested and charged over allegations of misappropriating global fund money.
Faith Ruranga Nyindo, 50, the director of St Charles Aids Programme, was arrested by detectives from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution. Nyindo is a resident of Katara, Bunyaruguru in Bushenyi.
Others who have been arrested are Flavia Mpirwe, 26, the project consultant and Aloysius Rutindo, 57, a bursar at Kichwamba High School.
The three were arrested and charged, in the chief magistrate’s court, with forgery, uttering false documents and false accounting, among others.
The NGO got money from the Global Fund project through the Integrated Community Based Initiatives (ICOBI).
Appearing before the Bushenyi chief magistrate, Charles Kisakye, prosecution said the NGO’s directors mismanaged over sh14m meant for supporting orphans and vulnerable children.
They were supposed to pay school fees and provide care for 21 secondary school students. According to the charge sheet, between January and March 2006, the officials indicated that they had distributed iron sheets worth sh3.6m to the children whereas they did not. It adds that sh1.6m meant for school fees was not paid.
The officials were released on bail after paying sh1m and the case was adjourned to November 11.
This raises to five, the number of people charged over the mismanagement of Global Fund monies. The director of economic intelligence in ISO, Teddy Sseezi Cheeye and Fred Kavuma, the former production manager with Uganda Television (UTV), were charged and sent to prison early this week.
Cheeye was charged with 26 offences that included embezzlement, forgery, making false entries in accounts and uttering false documents.
He is accused of embezzling sh120m through his company Uganda Centre for Accountability that had been contracted by the Government to audit Global Fund activities in the districts of Rakai, Kabale, Ntungamo and Mbarara.
Kavuma was charged with 14 offences that included forgery, uttering false documents, obtaining money by false pretence, abuse of office, impersonation and fraudulent accounting.
He is accused of obtaining sh41m through a contract he signed with the Ministry of Health. Kavuma allegedly obtained the money saying he would organise sensitisation programmes on HIV/AIDS through the then UTV.
On Thursday, ethics and integrity minister, Dr. Nsaba Buturo said the Government would, in the next two months, prosecute 11 high profile people implicated in the Global Fund saga.
“Finally, after very many months of people accusing us of lacking the will to address corruption, Government is ready for the hearing of the cases,†Buturo told journalists at the Media Centre on Thursday.