Interdicted Director Parliamentary Budget Office head, Samuel Wanyaka has been found guilty of embezzling over Shs822 million that was meant to carry out service delivery surveys in the country.
The head of the Anti Corruption Court, Justice Paul Mugamba found Wanyaka guilty of all the three charges of embezzlement, abuse of office and false accounting.
Justice Mugamba's ruling differed from earlier joint advise of two court assessors who had advised him to acquit Wanyaka.
The judge reserved the passing of his sentence to Wednesday next week. Wanyaka's bail automatically collapsed and he was sent to Luzira Prison until Wednesday, when he will be reproduced in court to hear the verdict.
Wanyaka now faces up to 14 years in jail for the charge of embezzlement, up to seven years for abuse of office and up to three years for false accounting.
Mr Thomas Okoth, a prosecutor from the office of the Inspector General of Government (IGG) asked court to hand Wanyaka maximum sentences in all the three counts as provided for by the law.
He also asked court to order Wanyaka refund all the money (over Shs822 million) that he embezzled plus barring him from working with any government institution for the next ten years.
While convicting Wanyaka of the charge of embezzlement, Justice Mugamba observed that he received the money in question but never put it to its proper use. Read more
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