By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The Kampala District Land Board Chairperson has been re-arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit over another allegation of fraud.
Balondemu David was on Friday 17th November, 2023 arrested by officers of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit and Police on allegations that Balondemu was involved in defrauding KG Unlimited LLC, an American Company of Shs2.2Billion.
It is alleged that the American Company was defrauded Ugx 2.2Bn in a purported procurement of a water plant by Ministry of Agriculture. The fraudsters purported that PPDA was conducting the procurement on behalf of Ministry of Agriculture.
All the money was paid through an account of M/s Bloom Advocates. Balondemu is believed to be the proprietor of the law firm through proxies.
This is the second case the embattled City Lawyer is battling. Balondemu was in October arrested and remanded over allegations that he and 3 others obtained money by false pretence after conning a Korean investor, Hyun Uk Kim, about 600 USD (Shs2.5 billion) in a fake gold deal.
He was later granted bail on 6th November, 2023 having spent three weeks in Luzira by Kampala City Hall Court Grade One Magistrate, Rehema Nassozi together with his fellow lawyer Eric Mkwe Geofrey.
Their two co-accused persons; Mugisha James Jeff and Maviri Godfrey were however further remanded to Luzira Prison until November 15, 2023, for their bail ruling and mention of the case.
It is said that the suspects and others still at large between March and November 2021 at the office of M/S Balondemu & Co Advocates along Parliamentary Avenue obtained the said money by pretending that they were selling 63KGs of gold to Hyun UK Kim whereas not.
