The State House Anti-Corruption Unit together with Police have arrested and arraigned before court Edoni Bernard, the Chairperson PDM Pangisa ward in Arua City, on allegations of extortion through selling fake copies of the PDM Constitution to the 50 groups of associations under Pangisa ward.
He has been remanded until 5/12/2023.
It is alleged that in July 2023, Edoni Bernard and others still at large, at Ojulua Cell in Arua City convened a meeting with the 50 PDM associations in Pangisa Ward in Arua City and demanded each group to pay UGX 15,000/= allegedly for the purchase of PDM constitutions.
Edoni, who is directly responsible for mobilisation of the groups, extorted the UGX15,000, claiming that it was for printing and went ahead to sell fake Constitutions to the members.
This comes a day after State House Anti-Corruption Unit also arraigned before court Sylvia Nvanungi, the Chief Magistrate and Jackline Bako, the Resident State Attorney of Ssembabule District, on charges of Corruption.
The accused allegedly solicited and received bribes from different persons while handling their cases. They were remanded.
The Court has heard that during the month of April 2023, in Masaka City and Sembabule District, being a public official employed by the Government of Uganda as State Attorney in charge of the Resident State Attorney’s Office Sembabule and Chief Magistrate of Sembabule Chief Magistrates Court respectively in performance of their public functions solicited for gratification of 2.5 million shillings from the relatives of John Ambasize who was on remand on Ntusi CRB 034/2022 in exchange for his release on bail.
The prosecution says that during the same month, Bako solicited 2.5 million shillings from Zedakai Karinti also in exchange for bail when he was facing criminal summons in a case arising from the same file number and she allegedly received 1.48 million shillings from Franco Mulangwa as part of the offer.
Jacqueline Bako is also accused of soliciting 10 million shillings from Zedekiah Karintu in exchange for excluding him from the charge sheet where he had been charged with attempted murder, criminal trespass, and malicious damage to property. She allegedly received 7 million shillings.
She further allegedly solicited and accepted 2 million shillings from the relatives of Eric Sabiiti who is an accused on the same file to release him on bail. They appeared in court on Thursdays and were given