Former Kalangala fisheries officer has been sentenced to a fine of 5.2m after he was found guilty of receiving a bribe of sh1.7m.

The Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate, Agnes Alum, yesterday sentenced Elias Tusiime to a fine in addition to refunding to government sh1.7m he received as a bribe from Margaret Nakalima to allow undersize fishing nets to be used.

Nakalima reported the case to the Inspectorate of Government (IG). She was given sh1.7m by the IG which she sent to Tusiime as a trap through mobile money and he was later arrested by detectives from the IG.