By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has arraigned Doctor Wataba Saadi, a Municipal Medical Officer, Lugazi Municipality, before Mukono Chief Magistrate’s Court.
Dr. Wataba was today, Tuesday, 4th November charged with Obtaining Money by False Pretence and Conspiracy to Defraud.
Dr Wataba Saadi, together with Sekikubo Mubarak, Chairperson of LC III, Nakisunga Sub-County, and Mugerwa Ronald Saaku, the Probation & Welfare Officer of Lugazi Municipality, between January and June 2025, in Mukono Town, conspired to defraud a job applicant, Dr Mukisa George William, of UGX 38,000,000 by falsely claiming they could secure him a government job as a medical officer in Mukono District.
They claimed that the said money was intended to facilitate members of the Mukono District Service Commission in helping him secure the Medical Officer position for which he had applied, which was not the case.
His co-accused have already been charged and remanded.
