By Our Reporter
LIRA CITY
A Lira City based businessman has been remanded by the Anti-Corruption Court today, Wednesday, 28th May, 2025 on charges of corruption and conspiracy to defraud.
Owani Kenneth Allan joins former Lira District land board Chairperson, Chankoma Paul and Councillor Ojuka Anthony who were earlier charged for soliciting a bribe of Shs70M and had received Shs5M as part from Eryao Francis, who had bought land in Lira.
The accused claimed that the title of the said land had been issued fraudulently to the former owners, and it was supposed to be cancelled.
Eryao had bought land comprised in the freehold Register, LIRI 181, Folio 3, plot 31 in Lira, whose title they claimed had been issued fraudulently to the former owners.
They claimed that they were able to influence the decision of the land board not to cancel his title.
He has been remanded until 2nd June 2025.
