![]() It is alleged by the prosecution that between January 2014 and September 2014 the trio were responsible for approving the impugned payments leading to the loss of Shs 6,452,116,773/= in all to URA. Both A1 and A2 gave sworn statements while A3 elected to make no statement.īriefly the prosecution case is that all three accused were at the material time employed by URA at the Domestic Taxes Department at Jinja and that it was within their remit to audit, verify and approve (in the case of A1) tax payers’ claims for VAT refund. For their respective defences the accused called no witnesses. To prove its case the prosecution called 18 witnesses.PW1 was Siraji Baguma Kanyesigye, PW2 was Julie Kiwanuka Njuba, PW3 was Bahiyyih Basemera, PW4 was Agnes Namubiru, PW5 was Goerge Oroma, PW6 was Evelyn Achwo, PW7 was Bernard Byakagaba, PW8 was Satish Ghelani, PW9 was Moses Mabala, PW10 was Tusiime Isaac, PW11 was Diana Mulira Kagonyera, PW12 was Elly Musinguzi, PW13 was Edmund Male, PW14 was Bwire Nelson, PW15 was David Kahwa Kihumuro, PW16 was Gideon Twesigye Timarwa, PW17 was Ismail Sekirabi, while Kitaburaza Kitta Bens testified as PW18. They were further indicted for false claims by officials, contrary to section 24 of the Anti Corruption Act in counts 19 to 27, inclusive. In counts 10 to 18, inclusive, they were charged with Causing Financial Loss, contrary to section 20(1) of the Anti Corruption Act. They were all charged with Abuse of Office, contrary to section 11(1) of the Anti Corruption Act in Counts 1 to 9, inclusive. A1 was supervisor while A2 and A3 were designated Revenue Officers. All three were employees of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Mugerwa Dominic (A1), Muhwezi Abias (A2) and Kanoonya David (A3) are jointly charged.
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