Two lawyers have been arraigned before the Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate, Ronald Kayizzi and charged with three counts of forgery, conspiracy to commit a felony and obtaining money by false pretense.
The advocates include; Bob Mwanjuzi and Lawrence Kalamu who have been arraigned before court by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in collaboration with the Crime Investigations Department and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
It is alleged that on April 20, 2023, the accused, along with others still at large, conspired to defraud or deceive by producing a false document in the form of a lease agreement dated April 20, 2023.
This document falsely claimed that a lease had been executed between SEMA Holding Limited and Ephrata Investment Group Ltd, which was untrue.
The intent was to obtain a sum of sh917m from Kalpana Abe and her company, SEMA Holding Limited, in the pretense that this money would be invested in Ephrata Investment Group for the Blackzone Recreation center at Plot 3A Lugogo By-Pass.
The court has remanded them to prison until August 13, 2025.