A former UNRA engineer who is on trial over illicit accumulation of wealth of sh7b cause loss to the Government, court has heard.

The senior human resource manager from UNRA on Wednesday told court that Umar Katongole caused loss of sh335m to the Government in a fraudulent payment for Moyo district road maintenance.

Testifying as the second prosecution witness, Rashid Kamoga said contractors were paid for road maintenance work that was not done under the supervision of Katongole.

Led by Senior Inspectorate Officers Diana Nantabazi and Thomas Okoth from the Inspectorate of Government, Kamoga told court that as a station engineer, Katongole claimed that work was done and payments were subsequently made to contractors, yet UNRA had taken over the road maintenance.