Two government officials in Ibanda district have been jailed for 18 months each, and directed to pay sh10,470,000 each to Ibanda District Administration for gross abuse of office.
The former Ibanda Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Matsiko Mutwingire Abert and the District Natural Resources Officer Nuwagira Tom were charged before the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court and handed the dual jail and compensation sentence.
Particulars of their offence indicate that they sold government land, to wit, they sold 13 hectares of Ibanda forest reserve to Rukoma Mixed Farmers Co-operative Society with first obtaining the necessary degazettement of the forest reserve.