He told court that the normal procedure is that the papers then go through the permanent secretary Pius Bigirimana’s office since he is a principle signatory to the accounts.

Onyo also said there was no cash withdrawal made without verification from Bigirimana and consultation with Bank of Uganda.

He also added that the interdicted principal accountant Geoffrey Kazinda always reported to the undersecretary finance and administration.

However Kazinda’s lawyer Macdusman Kabega says the witness should be the one who should have been jailed after accepting to have forged Bigirimana’s signature in the charge and caution statement he made at police.

In the statement, Onyo was charged with embezzlement, abuse of office and causing financial loss.

He appeared at the Anti-corruption court before High Court Judge David Wangututsi who adjourned the case to Feb 6^th for further hearing.

Kazinda is alleged to have forged the signature of Pius Bigirimana the permanent secretary in Office of the Prime Minister and making documents without authority.

He faces separate charges of embezzlement, false accounting, forgery, conspiracy to commit a felony and causing financial loss amounting to Shs 316m.

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The Court on March 12^th 2012 extended the trial of Bihande to Tuesday this week because the MP had lost his sister Margret Bihande. The case is before Justice Catherine Bamugemereirwe of the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court. MP Bihande is currently out of prison on court bail pending the main trial.

According to the information in court, the Inspectorate of Government alleges that Bihande forged false documents and embezzled 20 million shillings from wit Constituency Development Funds. It is said that the MP committed the offence between 2008/2009 and 2009/10 financial years.

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Intelligence officers in Kampala are probing reports that city socialite Bad Black real names Shanita Namuyimbwa fraudulently acquired a passport.

The investigations started after Bad Black last week unsuccessfully applied to secure a Germany Visa so as to travel to Germany.

Bad Black was granted bail in December last year after she had been on remand at Luzira prison for a month on embezzlement charges.

A source at the German embassy told our informers that the officials at the embassy requested her to first bring written clearance from the court allowing her to travel to German because she still had court issues to solve first.  Following the development Uganda intelligence officials started probing circumstances under which Bad Black acquired another passport when her passport was deposited in court last year.

The prosecution says that in September 2010, Bad Black’s boyfriend, David Green Halgh, opened a company with Bad Black. The company was registered as Daveshan Development Limited.

It was to deal in land purchase and property management. Green had 75% of the shares and Bad Black only 25%.
Prosecution says that between September 2010 and March 2011, Green deposited $3,824,130(shs9, 438,075,691) from UK to facilitate the business.

On December5, 2010, Green came to Uganda to monitor the progress of their business but Bad Black repotedly failed to account for the money.

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Led y the Uganda Women’s Network, the women organsitions said the recent attacks on the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga that she is corrupt are just diversionary and intended to divert the country from serious issues being handled by parliament under the leadership of Kadaga.

The women were reacting to media reports that millions of donor funds were diverted at the time   Kadaga was chairperson of FIDA Uganda.

Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga

The Chief Executive Officer FIDA Dr Maria Nassali told journalists at Parliament that the allegations that her organization lost money is not true and  such allegations were just  malicious to  tarnish the name of Kadaga.

The chairperson of Uganda Women Parliamentary Association Betty Amongi says as women of Uganda they will not allow anyone to derail Kadaga from the cause she has started.

She says it’s surprising for anyone to question the integrity of the Speaker at this time when she is objectively steering parliament and the public has big hope in her to lead the country.

By Isaac Senabulya

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The seat fell vacant after the High Court nullified the election of Rebecca Nalwanga of the National Resistance Movement on grounds that she bribed voters among other malpractices during the 18^th February 2011 elections.

DP’s Nabukenya beat her closest challenger with 30 votes after polling 14’945 votes against NRM’s Rebecca Nalwanga who polled 14,915 votes.

Others in the race were the FDC’s Ziadah Gwokyalya 3,775, Anna Kirabo Asiimwe 3,687, Namagambe Elsie 2,193 and Lugudde Nabatanzi 191.

After declared the winner by the district returning officer Peter Kasozi, Nabukenya commended the people of Luwero for giving her mandate.

Nabukenya scoffed at the ruling party (NRM) saying that Ugandans are tired of the poor governance, corruption and embezzlement in the country.

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