Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Mbarara have arrested a man for allegedly dealing in fake currencies. Godfrey Kazinda was arrested on Thursday and found with fake $46,200 and sh2.5 million. The Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson Samson Kasasira says Kazinda was arrested last year in December but …
Read More »Kazinda gets another 5 year jail sentence in OPM case
Uganda’s Anti-Corruption Court has for a second time handed a 5-year jail sentence to the former Principle Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Geoffrey Kazinda. This after finding him guilty of conspiring with three others to defraud government of sh316 million worth of fuel drawn by non-existent …
Read More »Kazinda convicted again for stealing OPM funds
Uganda’s Anti-Corruption Court has convicted the former Principle Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Geoffrey Kazinda and three other people. He was sentenced to five years in jail. They were on Wednesday found guilty of conspiracy to defraud government of sh316 million worth of fuel drawn by …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Unmasking TVO
An investigation reveals who really is behind Facebook character How do you track a character who is hell-bent on hiding their identity on the online social networking service, Facebook? That is the task several individuals and intelligence institutions in Uganda have sought to answer as they sought to unmask a …
Read More »Kazinda kicked in the teeth
By Isaac K. Ssemakadde When the justice system abandoned former OPM accountant accused of corruption Although I have great respect for Ernest Kalibbala, a university lecturer and vice president of Uganda Law Society and my former boss at AF Mpanga Advocates, I was disappointed to learn from press reports in …
Read More »Kazinda is fit to stand trial in Court says Doctor’s report
By Julius Odeke The medical report that has been issued by the Mulago National Referral Hospital indicates that Kazinda the former Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister is fit to stand trial before court. A doctor who carried out a thorough medical examination on the health status …
Read More »Court summons Luziira Prison’s doctor as Kazinda’s hearing stalls again
By Ronald Musoke Justice David Wangutusi has summoned the Luziira Prisons doctor to come to the Anti-Corruption Court on Jan.8 and explain to Court why Geoffrey Kazinda, the interdicted Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister, is failing to honour his scheduled court hearings. Kazinda who is facing …
Read More »‘Only Court and not the press will try Kazinda’
By Ronald Musoke Justice David Wangutusi has warned the Ugandan press against convicting Geoffrey Kazinda, the interdicted principal accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister, before Court does so. Wangutusi said judgments being delivered in the newspapers are baseless. Speaking with direct eye contact with Kazinda, the judge said: …
Read More »Prison bosses defend Kazinda’s absence at PAC
By Sarah Namulondo Former Principal Accountant in the Office Prime Minister (OPM), Geoffrey Kazinda was a no where to be seen at Parliament on Monday like it was earlier reported. Kazinda who is facing 28 charges of abuse of office and forgery is on remand at Luzira prisons and was …
Read More »Kazinda case continues tomorrow
Kampala, Uganda | The Independent | Geoffrey A. Kazinda will appear at the anti corruption court tomorrow noon till the close of the week. The interdicted principal accountant is involved as a cosignatory to all the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) accounts and the irregular payments therein. He, among three others, is …
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