A senior clinical officer from Moyo district has confessed to the embezzlement of sh6.5m in April 2011, which was part of funds meant for epidemic response to Hepatitis B.

Simon Amudra appeared at the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala for plea-bargain in court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Peter Lochomin on Monday.

Amudra negotiated his freedom in exchange for a non-custodial sentence the Inspector General of Government (IGG), the case prosecutor. He agreed to refund sh6.5m and also pay a fine of sh4m in exchange for a year in jail.

The plea-bargain agreement was submitted to court, indicating that it was signed by Amudra and the IG lawyer, Hilda Talibba.