By Angel Lubowa
The former Town Clerk for Mbarara city spent the weekend in prison after he was charged for abuse of office.
The SH_ACU in collaboration with CID and DPP arraigned Mr Abirebe Assy Tumwesigire at the Anti-Corruption Court on Charges of Abuse of Office.
He denied all the charges and was remanded until 16/09/2026.
In October 2022, the accused and others still at large, in Mbarara City, being employed by the Ministry of Local Government as a Town Clerk, and posted to Mbarara City in the same capacity, in abuse of the authority of his office did an arbitrary act prejudicial to the interests of his employer, when he irregularly entered into a License agreement on behalf of Mbarara City with ATC Uganda Limited for the provision of space on the roof-top and the ground area of Mbarara Central Market for the installation of Antennas, equipment, generator space, poles, cable trays and distribution of IDAS Antennas in the building, without following the established procedures and laws.
