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@kfm Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:58:12

State Attorney accused of soliciting Shs100m bribe granted bail

The Anti-Corruption Court has granted Shs10 million cash bail to Sam Tusubira, a State Attorney with the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. Tusubira is accused of soliciting a Shs100 million bribe from a litigant in a land case. The 33-year-old government lawyer was released by Grade One Magistrate Esther Asiimwe after presenting substantial sureties. The presiding magistrate ordered his sureties to execute a non-cash bond of Shs50 million as security to ensure his return to court on September 19, 2024, for mention of the case. Prosecution alleges that Tusubira, while representing the government in court, demanded a Shs100 million bribe from Ronald Yawe. Yawe had sued the Ministry of Lands and the Attorney General over the irregular cancellation of […]

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