By Angel Lubowa
Court
The State House Anti Corruption Unit (SH_ACU) in collaboration with the Uganda police and the DPP arraigned Mwumvaneza Emmanuel, the Kisoro District Education Officer, on charges of embezzlement, making false claims by an official, and abuse of office.
The charges arise from investigations into alleged financial irregularities in Kisoro District’s UGX 1.4 billion classroom construction programme for the 2024/2025 financial year.
Investigations revealed a suspected coordinated scheme involving the award of school construction contracts to companies owned by or linked to district officials, alongside payments allegedly processed without proper verification of the works executed.
Investigations are also examining allegations that classroom blocks constructed by communities were presented as newly completed government projects, raising concerns about false accountability, the quality and extent of works delivered, and possible loss of public funds.
Mwumvaneza has also been charged with alleged misappropriation of UGX 8,252,200 advanced for commissioning education projects, a false entry indicating attendance at a commissioning, and instructions to pay allowances for commissioning activities allegedly not undertaken.
