The State House Anti-Corruption Unit together with the Crime Investigating Department and the Officer of the Directorate Public Prosecution on Tuesday arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court a senior Kampala City lawyer on charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud government.
Court identified the suspect as Matovu John, an advocate with Ms Matovu & Matovu Advocates who was charged with Charges of theft by an agent and conspiracy to defraud government of over four billion shillings.
It was alleged that the accused while entrusted as one of the advocates for Busoga Growers Cooperative Union to pursue war loss compensation claims from government conspired and stole the funds.
Matovu joins Basoga Charles, the Chairperson Busoga Growers Cooperative and others who are on trial over the same. He was been remanded until August 16, 2024.
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