Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court Judge Lawrence Gidudu has lost interest in jailing former principal accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister, Geoffrey Kazinda saying it will no longer make sense for him to do so since prison has become like his home. Gidudu made the declaration …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal in Kampala has quashed the 15 years jail term handed to the former Principal Accountant at the Office of Prime Minister, Geoffrey Kazinda for illicit enrichment. Instead, the court comprised of Justices Fredrick Egonda Ntende, Christopher Madrama and Catherine Bamugemereire has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has issued orders staying the execution of the Constitutional Court’s decision which was permanently halting the proceedings on corruption charges against Geoffrey Kazinda, the former principal accountant officer in the Office of Prime Minister. Kazinda has spent the last nine years in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anti- Graft Civil Society Organizations have advised the government to adopt a non-conviction based asset recovery regime to recover state funds lost through corruption and embezzlement. Non-conviction based Asset Recovery is a procedure that provides for the seizure and forfeiture of stolen assets without the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption High Court Division in Kampala has handed yet another 15-year jail sentence to Geoffrey Kazinda, the former principal accountant at the Office of the Prime Minister. Justice Margret Tibulya Kazinda found Kazinda guilty on the three charges of accumulating abnormal wealth (illicit enrichment) …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services has said that they are still holding the former principal accountant in the office of the prime minister, Geoffrey Kazinda legally. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of the Uganda Prisons …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Appellant Court has quashed the conviction of Geoffrey Kazinda, the former Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister-OPM for embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud government Shillings 316.8 million. The decision stems from an appeal filed by Kazinda, Shamim Masembe and Hussein Katumwa, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has permanently stayed all corruption proceedings against Geoffrey Kazinda, the former principal accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister. Kazinda has faced trial for constructive possession of financial instruments, forging receipts and invoices, false accounting, making fraudulent payments, conspiracy to secure …
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By Ronald Musoke The Murchison Bay Maximum Prison doctor, Alex Kakoraki has today confirmed that it is true that Geoffrey Kazinda, the embattled former principal accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister is not currently fit to stand trial at the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala. This too was confirmed …
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