The development comes days after the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court scheduled September 9, 2026, to deliver a consolidated ruling on bail applications filed by the seven Parliament officials.
Seven senior Parliament officials, including Director of Communications and Public Affairs Chris Obore, have been committed to the High Court to face trial over corruption-related charges.
The officials, who are currently on remand at Luzira Prison, were committed to the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court on Monday by Grade One Magistrate Esther Asiimwe.
The decision followed the presentation of an indictment by prosecutors from the Inspectorate of Government (IG), containing additional charges arising from new evidence gathered during investigations.
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Those committed to the High Court are Chris Obore; Adilo Daniel, the Director of Human Resource; Rajab Kaaya Ssemalulu, Principal Research Officer; Emmanuel Okwi Emuron, Principal Protocol Officer; Vincent Otebata, Capacity Development Officer; and Leonard Okema, Executive Secretary in the Office of the Speaker.
Also committed is Methods Murebe, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Parliamentary Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Ltd (Parliament SACCO).
However, Stella Itute, an Office Supervisor in the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms, was not included in the indictment because she remains at large.
According to the indictment, Okwi faces an additional charge of money laundering, alongside the previously preferred charges of embezzlement and causing financial loss.
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The prosecution has also preferred charges of embezzlement, causing financial loss and money laundering against the other accused officials.
Following the committal, court directed both the prosecution and defence teams to appear before the Registrar of the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court on August 18, 2026, for the mention of the case.
The development comes days after the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court scheduled September 9, 2026, to deliver a consolidated ruling on bail applications filed by the seven Parliament officials.
The bail applications were affected by the emergence of the money laundering charges, which fall within the jurisdiction of the High Court.
Magistrate Asiimwe had earlier declined to entertain the officials’ bail applications because of the money laundering charges, paving the way for the matter to be handled by the High Court.
The officials will now await further proceedings before the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court.
