Hoima councillor who evaded arrest over Emyooga funds nabbed
Mugisha has vowed to combat corruption among government officials in the district.
Hoima: Patrick Rusoke, the male councillor representing Buraru Sub County in Hoima district, has been arrested on allegations of swindling millions of shillings meant for Emyooga beneficiaries.
Trouble arose when Uthuman Mugisha Mubarak, the Hoima district chairman, discovered that Rusoke’s phone number received money multiple times using other beneficiaries’ names.
‘’After cross-checking in different groups, I realized that Rusoke’s contact number received money under different names,’’ Mugisha said.
The councillor evaded arrest initially but was rearrested by the Police Flying Squad on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, and is currently detained at Hoima Central Police Station.
Julius Allan Hakiza, the Albertine Regional Police Spokesperson, says that Rusoke faces charges of obtaining money by false pretense and escaping from lawful custody.
‘’He is in our custody at Hoima Central Police Station on charges of obtaining money by false pretense and escaping from lawful custody. Rusoke has been in hiding but we arrested him yesterday,” Hakiza our reporter on Wednesday July, 17, 2024.
Mugisha has vowed to combat corruption among government officials in the district.
Recently, the office of the Assistant District Resident Commissioner in Kagadi District, Obed Ambikiize, arrested four members of the Parish Development Model (PDM) committee and the parish chief of Kamaira parish in Rutete sub-county.
The arrested individuals included Parish Chief Tadeo Tweyonjere, SACCO Chairperson Habert Byabashaija, Secretary Innocent Byaruhanga, Treasurer Noeline Kabasinguzi, and former Treasurer Agatha Tumukunde.
They are accused of extorting money from PDM beneficiaries to access funds.
The authorities recovered 2,670,000 shillings, which will be used as evidence.
The suspects will appear in court after the police complete their investigations.
Obed Ambikiize warned that the district security team would launch operations to curb corruption in the PDM exercise across the district.
He stressed that almost all beneficiaries in all parishes have been extorted, which he condemned, and vowed that they would leave no stone unturned.
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