Opiyo had been accused of fraudulently receiving a sum of USD 340,000 (1.2 billion Shillings) through the Chapter Four Uganda account in Stanbic Bank. The state said that the money was proceeds of crime and was subsequently arraigned before the courts and remanded to Kitalya Prison.
According to some of the Ugandans, Museveni has ruled the country for a long time, and the UK which gives the government aid should stop since the funds are not accounted for.
The National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has said that he sent his children abroad because they have been living in constant fear of being injured.
The two Judges sanctioned by the United States for their alleged involvement in an adoption scam have said they are open to be investigated saying the accusations against them are false.
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned Soroti Resident judge Wilson Musalu Musene and retired judge Moses Mukiibi, lawyer Dorah Mirembe and her husband, Patrick Ecobu. The four allegedly deceived innocent Ugandan families into giving up their children for adoption.
Before awarding the costs of the suit to Kemigisa, Ssekaana has also issued a permanent injunction against Redpepper their agents and assignees from publishing defamatory statements against Kemigisa.
