Convict Global Fund suspects, State tells anti-corruption court
May 10, 2009
THE State has asked court to convict the two directors of Valued Health, a local NGO, for mismanaging sh18.7m from Global Fund.
By Edward Anyoli
THE State has asked court to convict the two directors of Valued Health, a local NGO, for mismanaging sh18.7m from Global Fund.
Principal state attorney Alice Komuhangi said during prosecution’s final submission on Friday that Annaliza Mondon and Elizabeth Ngororano turned Government money to personal use.
“The Global Fund activities were not done by the accused. Instead, they fraudulently diverted. This money does not belong to the accused, it belongs to the Government of Uganda,†Komuhangi said.
The State said the accused made false accountability to the Project Management Unit for a workshop which did not take place.
Komuhangi said the court should convict the accused because evidence by several witnesses incriminated them.
“The accused received the money for a particular purpose, which they did not do,†Komuhangi said.
The State argued that Mondon and Ngororano deprived the intended beneficiaries of services.
Godfrey Wasswa, a court assessor, also prayed for the conviction of the duo, saying prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
He told Justice John Bosco Katusti that he was convinced by prosecution witnesses, especially Philip Ssengendo, the manager of Bativa Hotel in Kampala, where Mondon and Ngororaro claimed to have conducted a ten-day workshop.
Ssengendo earlier testified that the workshop lasted for two to three days. Not 10 as the accused claims.
Wasswa said he was also convinced by the registrar of motor vehicles, Patrick Mpairwe, who testified that the vehicles the accused claimed to have used in carrying out the Global Fund activities were not registered in Uganda and do not exit.
City lawyers Didas Nkrunziza and Mohammed Mbabazi asked court to acquit the accused, saying there was no evidence incriminating them.
Katutsi fixed August 3 for the judgement.
THE State has asked court to convict the two directors of Valued Health, a local NGO, for mismanaging sh18.7m from Global Fund.
Principal state attorney Alice Komuhangi said during prosecution’s final submission on Friday that Annaliza Mondon and Elizabeth Ngororano turned Government money to personal use.
“The Global Fund activities were not done by the accused. Instead, they fraudulently diverted. This money does not belong to the accused, it belongs to the Government of Uganda,†Komuhangi said.
The State said the accused made false accountability to the Project Management Unit for a workshop which did not take place.
Komuhangi said the court should convict the accused because evidence by several witnesses incriminated them.
“The accused received the money for a particular purpose, which they did not do,†Komuhangi said.
The State argued that Mondon and Ngororano deprived the intended beneficiaries of services.
Godfrey Wasswa, a court assessor, also prayed for the conviction of the duo, saying prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
He told Justice John Bosco Katusti that he was convinced by prosecution witnesses, especially Philip Ssengendo, the manager of Bativa Hotel in Kampala, where Mondon and Ngororaro claimed to have conducted a ten-day workshop.
Ssengendo earlier testified that the workshop lasted for two to three days. Not 10 as the accused claims.
Wasswa said he was also convinced by the registrar of motor vehicles, Patrick Mpairwe, who testified that the vehicles the accused claimed to have used in carrying out the Global Fund activities were not registered in Uganda and do not exit.
City lawyers Didas Nkrunziza and Mohammed Mbabazi asked court to acquit the accused, saying there was no evidence incriminating them.
Katutsi fixed August 3 for the judgement.