Court Convicts Caretaker District Engineer For Moyo
Jan. 22, 2016
WEWE DOMINIC a Technician/Caretaker District Engineer, Moyo District Local Government was convicted on 21st January 2016 on four counts of false accounting, causing financial loss, embezzlement and abuse of office. He was acquitted on count 3 of Causing Financial Loss. Wewe Dominic was remanded to Luzira and will be brought back to court on the 27th of January for sentencing.
Mr. Wewe was arrested in 2014 by the Inspectorate of Government following a complaint received accusing him of various corruption offenses. He was charged at the Anti-Corruption Court as follows:
COUNT 1: FALSE ACCOUNTING BY PUBLIC OFFICER C/S 22 of the Anti-Corruption Act 2009. PARTICULARS OF THE OFFENCE: WEWE DOMINIC, on 12th May 2011 being the Acting District Engineer, Moyo District Local Government charged with management of 8,668,000/= meant for payment for works on Masaloa Chokwe Road in Lefori Sub-county knowingly furnished false accountability for 8,668,000/= to the Chief Administrative Officer, Moyo District Local Government.
COUNT II: CAUSING FINANCIAL LOSS C/S 20 of the Anti-Corruption Act 2009. PARTICULARS OF THE OFFENCE: WEWE DOMINIC, on 30th March 2011 being Acting District Engineer, Moyo District Local Government in the performance of his duties inflated a budget for light grading of 4.5 kilometres of Masaloa-Chokwe Road Link from 6,072,000/= to 16,240,000/= with knowledge or reason to believe that his act would cause Moyo District Local Government financial loss and indeed caused financial loss of 10,168,000/=.
COUNT III: CAUSING FINANCIAL LOSS C/S 20 of the Anti Corruption Act 2009. PARTICULARS OF THE OFFENCE: WEWE DOMINIC, on the 12th May 2011 being the Acting District Engineer, Moyo District Local Government in the performance of his duties paid 810,000/= to works department officials for no work done with knowledge or reason to believe that his act would cause Moyo District local Government financial loss and indeed caused financial loss of Uganda 810,000/=.
COUNT IV: EMBEZZLEMENT C/S 19 of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2009. PARTICULARS OF THE OFFENCE: WEWE DOMINIC, while being the Acting District Engineer, Moyo District Local Government between April 2011 and July 2011, stole 3,148,000/= being the property of his employer, which he had access to by virtue of his office.
COUNT V: ABUSE OF OFFICE C/S (11) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2009. PARTICULARS OF THE OFFENCE: WEWE DOMINIC, on 12th May 2011 while performing his duties as caretaker Acting District Engineer, Moyo District Local Government did in abuse of authority of his office, an arbitrary act prejudicial to the interests of his employer, knowingly furnished false accountability of 8,668,000/= which he received on the 8th April 2011 through Voucher No. 20/04 for the payment of labourers, purchase, loading, offloading, installation, construction of culverts, battery and miscellaneous fees in the construction and light grading of Masaloa Chokwe Link in Lefori Sub-county, Moyo District.