Charles Engoru Echemu, also former District Council Speaker in Amuria District was arrested on Thursday for causing financial loss to the government. Echemu is accused of refusing to refund 6.4 Million Shillings to Amuria District Local Government for salary that he received over and above his statutory entitlement.
The
Inspectorate of Government- IG has arrested the councilor representing Persons
with Disabilities- PWDs in Amuria District Council.
Charles Engoru Echemu, also former District Council Speaker in Amuria District
was arrested on Thursday for allegedly causing financial loss to the government.
Echemu is
accused of refusing to refund 6.4 Million Shillings to Amuria District Local
Government for salary that he received over and above his statutory
entitlement.
Ali Munira,
the IGG Spokesperson says that Echemu has been given several reminders since
2014 to refund the money but failed to respond. She says the money was paid
around the 2013/2014 Financial Year when Echemu was the District Council Speaker.
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Sources in
Amuria District Local Government who declined to be named because they are not
allowed to speak on behalf of the district say that Echemu requested the
money to travel to Mukono with other councilors for capacity building but did
not travel.
“All the councilors he picked for the training didn’t go and never shared the
money with any of them. That is why he was tasked to refund the money when the
auditors raised queries on the activity”, a well-placed source in the district
said.
Echemu is expected at the Anti-Corruption Court on Friday in Kampala.
