Gulu City Principal Commercial Officer, Noxo Komakech Atemo was on Tuesday May, 09th rearrested, whisked to court and remanded over alleged theft of Shs 8 million Parish Development Model (PDM) funds.
He landed into trouble when forged PDM document leading to the loss of the 8 million Shillings.
Atemo’s Tuesday May 09, arrest was not his first time to be apprehended over similar charges. But this time he was directly taken before court charged and and remanded for giving false information contrary to section 115(a) of the Penal Code Act Cap 120.
Appearing before the Gulu Chief Magistrate, Said Barigye, Atemo denied the charge.
Investigations done by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit discovered that Atemo forged documents for meeting and training members of PDM SACCOs in 32 wards in Gulu City, something that he never did.
The state prosecutor Sarah Amony prayed to the Court that the accused be remanded to give time for more investigation into the case. This followed numerous complaints from community members.
The investigations show that Atemo led to the loss of 8,000,000 UGX purported to have been spent for training and sensitization.
On the 30th of March Atemo was arrested for falsifying accountability of funds meant for conducting training of town agents on PDM activities and buying furniture and equipment but when the Anti-Corruption Unit pressed hard, it led to the recovery of 70million instantly and another 23million shillings was refunded on 20th April.
Atemo has been remanded at Gulu Main prison till May 26th.
