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@kfm Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:22:31

Ex-PS Ssali, five others deny diverting govt funds

The former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, Ms. Geraldine Ssali, and five others were on August 27, 2024, formally charged before the High Court Anti-Corruption Division. The group appeared before Justice Jane Kajuga, where they pleaded not guilty to allegations of diverting funds intended for the Buyaka Growers Cooperative Society Limited. Ssali was charged with abuse of office, causing government financial loss, and conspiring with three MPs, a lawyer, and a ministry official to defraud the government of over Shs3.6 billion meant to compensate war victims in their respective cooperative unions. Ssali is jointly charged with MPs Michael Mawanda, Ignatius Wamakuyu, Paul Akamba, lawyer Julius Kirya Taitankonko, and Leonard Kavundira, a principal cooperative officer in […]

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