By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has arraigned before the Anti-Corruption court the Lira Chief Administrative Officer, (CA0)
Mr. Ben Ogwete Otim appeared before the court last evening, 16th May, 2023 where he was charged with Abuse of Office and Corruption.
Ogwete was consequently remanded until 18th May 2023, when his bail application will be heard.
Charge Sheet
In abuse of his authority, the CAO refused to communicate contents of letters from the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government halting all District Land Boards transactions on land falling within the jurisdiction of Lira City until Government of Uganda decides on how such land &other properties were to be shared. Consequently, public land in Lira continued to be fraudulently disposed off by the district officials in connivance with the District Land Board.
Several other district officials in Lira have been arrested and arraigned before court over the illegal disposal of public land.
Ogwete’s charge follows the arrest and remand of Nebbi Town Clerk but formerly, Lira City Deputy Town Clerk, Patrick Ogweng over allegations of irregular allocation of City land.
Ogweng was charged with Abuse of Office, Forgery and Conspiracy to defraud early last month.
According to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, Ogweng and others at large connived and forged minutes purportedly made by the Physical Planning Committee to process a land title on part of Mayor’s Gardens Lira in the names of Olet Patrick.
