Officials from the Inspectorate of Government (IG) on Monday stormed Rubanda District headquarters and arrested six civil servants on allegations of stealing government funds totaling Shillings 107,688,900.
The suspects have been identified as 48 year old Benon Kahangi, the District Production and Marketing Officer; 46 year old Stephen Buregyeya, the District Senior Treasurer; 29 year old Sixtus Ahabwe, Assistant Veterinary Officer; 42 year old Owen Atuheire, Assistant Inventory Management Officer; 38 year old Wilson Kwizera, Assistant Agricultural Officer; and 29 year old Pamela Musimenta, Assistant Agricultural Officer.
IG officials also arrested 41 year old Nicholas Karuhanga, Director of Hummer Consults Company Limited, a contracting firm accused of conniving with Kahangi to siphon district funds.
Karuhanga was arrested in Rukungiri District where he had gone into hiding.
40-year-old Peter Rurinayo, the District Finance Officer, and 43-year-old Gerald Sibomana, the District Fisheries Officer, are still on the run.
Eric Ssewandigi, the Rubanda Resident District Commissioner says he supports the arrests, noting that investigations had earlier established that the funds were misappropriated.
He also says that the suspects had been asked to refund the money but they allegedly declined.
The arrested officials declined to comment on the allegations.
By URN
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