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Kashaka and Bamutura were in 2014, convicted by the then Anti-corruption court judge Catherine Bamugemereire for various roles they played in contracting a sham company, Ammam Industrial Tools and Equipment Limited to purchase 70, 000 bicycles from India. The said bicycles were to be used by parish and Local Council chairpersons in the 2011 general elections. Todate, the bicycles have never been delivered.

Bamutura is out on bail and court was silent about cancellation of his bail and issuing a warrant of arrest against him.

On Wednesday, court presided over by Justice Lillian Tibatemwa denied Kashaka bail on grounds that he was convicted by the two lower courts.

Principal State Attorney Harriet Angom on Friday told Supreme Court Judge Lillian Tibatemwa that court should instead expeditiously hear Kashaka's appeal challenging his conviction and sentence as opposed to releasing him on bail.

The missing suspect is Sam Emorut Erongot, the former Commissioner in charge of Policy and Planning in the Local Government Ministry, who went missing moments after the court of Appeal upheld his conviction and 13-year jail term for his role in the scam.