Muhwezi appeals over IGG powers
THE three former health ministers on charges related to the misappropriation of over sh1.6b under the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation have appealed to the Supreme Court
THE three former health ministers on charges related to the misappropriation of over sh1.6b under the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation have appealed to the Supreme Court, challenging the ruling of the Constitutional Court, which recently cleared the Inspector General of Government (IGG) to resume prosecuting them.
The former ministers, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi, Mike Mukula, Dr. Alex Kamugisha and a State House aide, Alice Kaboyo, argued that the IGG did not have the mandate to prosecute them.
The Constitutional Court last month unanimously ruled that the IGG had powers to prosecute suspects accused of corruption, abuse of office, forgery and uttering false documents.
Muhwezi and his co-accused had argued that the IGG could only prosecute cases involving corruption and abuse of office and not the other offences for which they were being prosecuted.
The former ministers, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi, Mike Mukula, Dr. Alex Kamugisha and a State House aide, Alice Kaboyo, argued that the IGG did not have the mandate to prosecute them.
The Constitutional Court last month unanimously ruled that the IGG had powers to prosecute suspects accused of corruption, abuse of office, forgery and uttering false documents.
Muhwezi and his co-accused had argued that the IGG could only prosecute cases involving corruption and abuse of office and not the other offences for which they were being prosecuted.