Col. Bantariza bounces back at Media Centre

Jun 04, 2015

President Yoweri Museveni has re-appointed Col. Shaban Bantariza as the deputy Executive Director Uganda Media Centre.

By Vision Reporter

President Yoweri Museveni has re-appointed Col. Shaban Bantariza as the deputy Executive Director Uganda Media Centre.


Uganda Media Centre, boss Ofwono Opondo confirmed the development on Thursday.
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The reistatement comes barely a month after the General Court Martial acquitted the former director of National Leadership Institute (NALI) of fraud charges.

The court chaired by Maj. General Levi Karuhanga on April 14, 2015 ruled that prosecution failed to prove that the tractor was a donation from the ministry of finance.

Karuhanga also told court that prosecution failed to prouduce a witness from the finace ministry during trial to testify against Bantariza on the alleged offences.

The court stated that following the requisition, a payment voucher was prepared by Amir Galimaso, the clerk of the institute and the money was received by the third who said that he handed over the money to Bantariza.

The court also stated that prosecution evidence pinning Bantariza of employing high handed methods of administration and failing to adhere to principles of democracy which resulted into writing of anonymous letters by soldiers is illusive and lacks support of any tangible evidence.

Prosecution told court that Bantariza on February 3, 2010 received a tractor registration number UAN 652Z and its accessories at Akamba (U) Limited as a donation from finance mimistry but he instead altered documents to indicate that he (Bantariza) had bought the said tractor at sh67m.

 

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