The State House Anti-Corruption Unit working in liaison with the Uganda Police detectives and the ISO Anti-Corruption unit has arrested a number of District officers after an intelligence operation that discovered racket run by the District Chief Finance Officer – Mr. Mutume Godfrey and the Principal Human Resources Officer – Ms. Rebecca Kwagala who are currently on the run.
The intelligence operatives picked signals from the teachers and health workers who were complaining about unexplainable salary deductions for the last 8 years and in some circumstances some of them would not be paid their full salaries for over 5 Months.
The syndicate chiefs – Mr. Mutume and Ms. Kwagala are said to have used a fraudulent staff SACCO – Kaliro Civil Servants SACCO and coded the deductions on the IPPS payroll system as a salary loan hence making the deductions every end of the month.
The Chief Finance Officer – Mr. Mutume went ahead to deal with some bank officials so that the deductions are moved without the authorisation of the Accounting officer.
The Anti-Corruption operatives were able to trace over UGX 6.5 Billion as having been withdrawn from the fraudulent SACCO since 2014 when the syndicate intensified with the support of some local politicians led by the current MP Bulamongi District – Hon. Bwire Sanoni, who was the former District Speaker and said to be husband to the 30 year old Principal Human Resource Officer – Ms. Rebecca Kwagala who she equally financed with the resources from the fake SACCO.
Other officers involved in the scam include; Nkyandi Laban, the District Cashier and treasurer to the SACCO, Mr. Wabwire John, the former District Accountant and currently working with the Accountant General’s Office, where it is said he has established a network with other accountants in various ministries to swindle project funds using the said SACCO, Ms. Eunice Mutesi, the Parish Community Association (PCA) under whose docket project money over UGX 750 Million has been passing and Namugolo Elizabeth, the Accountant in charge of Salaries who is also in hiding.
Investigations are continuing to break the national racket swindling money through the local governments.
According to the District staff who were shocked by the syndicate state that a team of three officials – Chief Finance Officer, Principal Human Resources Officer, and the Accountant o/c Salaries sit together every last week of the month before paying salaries, sit together and allocate over UGX 80 Million shillings in salary deductions and ghost workers of which the team discovered over 70 ghost teachers and health officials.
