By Our Reporter
LIRA
The Inspectorate of Government has arrested Apac District’s Senior Agricultural Engineer for allegedly forging an appointment letter as Agricultural Engineer for a local Farmers’ Cooperative Society in order to meet experience requirements for the position of Senior Agricultural Engineer.
Atim Mega was arrested on Monday, May 25, 2026, for allegedly uttering a false document and recorded a statement at the IG Lira Regional Office and will appear before court in Apac district on 26th, May, 2026.
According to investigations, in May 2024 Ms. Atim applied for the post of Senior Agricultural Engineer with Apac District Local Government and was appointed.
However, the appointment letter as Agricultural Engineer dated 3rd February, 2020, from Itek-Okille Farmers’ Cooperative Society which she submitted as part of her work experience and the basis upon which she was appointed, was disowned by the leadership of the Institution and declared a forgery as she has never worked with them.
Section 328, of the Penal Code Act CAP 128, states that: “Any person who knowingly and fraudulently utters a false document commits an offence of the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if she had forged the thing in question”.
