Fort Portal City officials remanded over office abuse charges

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NEWS– The three officials of Fort Portal City who are charged with abuse of office have been arraigned before remanded until 4th December 2024.

The three include Richard Ndora Kagaba the former acting Deputy Town Clerk, Susan Kyomuhendo, a Senior Assistant Secretary to the City Service Commission and Ben Mutooro Musinguzi, an office assistant who also serves as an assistant records officer.

The trio was arraigned before the Anti-corruption Court on charges of Abuse of Office by the State house anti corruption unit together with Criminal Investigations Directorate and Office of Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

It is said that between November 2022 and July 2023, the accused abused their offices by forging and issuing appointment letters to 23 applicants without clearance from the Public Service.

These letters were backdated to 29th June 2023 to evade a circular which had been issued on 30th June 2023, by Ministry of Public service which suspended all recruitments that lacked clearance.

The suspects disregarded several earlier circulars from the Ministry of Public Service and the Public Service Commission that provided guidance on proper recruitment procedures.