Businessman Godfrey Kirumira, a managing director of Baggery Trading Company, has collapsed during interrogation at CID headquarters in Kampala where he had been summoned to answer to charges of fraud.
The summon is in relation to UGX 190m that was supposed to have been returned from Kiruhura District to the consolidated fund. But this money was diverted and ended up on Kirumira’s Bank of Baroda account. It was then withdrawn in three installments of UGX 125m, UGX 60m and UGX 5m.
The money had been meant for developmental projects in Kiruhura in the 2010-2011 financial year but was unused.
Two investigative teams were constituted by CID director Grace Akullo to track the missing money. The teams constituted to investigate the fraud were from the Special Investigations Unit and from the Economic Crimes Desk.
Earlier, Police had arrested Fred Kayiira, a Baggery Trading Company manager, on Wednesday, August 8 in the process of trying to withdraw the last installment of UX 5m.
The businessman collapsed before he could sign the statement he had just finished making. He was then handed over to his lawyers and taken to a clinic of his choice under Police escort.
In his statement, Kirumira claims that the money was deposited on the account by a one Kirenga Fred.
