By Spy Uganda
The State House Anti Corruption Unit has this morning arraigned three suspects from Namutumba District before the Chief Magistrates Court, Iganga on charges of theft of PDM funds from beneficiaries.
The accused are;
1. Namugosa Farida, Woman Councilor Nawampandu Parish,
2. Namaba Rogers, PDM SACCO Chairperson for Nawampandu “A”,Â
3.Kantono Ruth, PDM SACCO Chairperson of Kasegere B.
According to the Unit, the trio, who are all SACCO leaders between August and September 2023 allegedly escorted PDM funds beneficiaries to the banks and lured them to withdraw and later took the money from them.
They have been remanded until 02/08/2024.Â
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In a related incident, the Unit has arraigned Kawooya Abbey, the Chairperson of Namataba Namagunga PDM SACCO before the Chief Magistrate’s Court Mukono, on several counts of obtaining money by false pretences.
It is alleged that between November 2023 and July 2024, in Namataba Town Council, Mukono District, Kawooya repeatedly obtained money from hundreds of PDM beneficiaries in Namagunga Namataba ward SACCO by falsely claiming that the money was needed by the board to process PDM loans for them and even punished those that did not comply by deleting them from the list of beneficiaries.
He has been remanded until 05/08/2024.
