KAMPALA-UGANDA/NEWSDAY: Masindi Chief Resident State Attorney has been arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala and charged with accepting a bribe of Shs1.5m to close a defilement case.
Mr Charles Bwiso Bogere, 55 appeared before Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro.
He is a resident of of Fortunate Guest House in Masindi Municipality. Bwiiso was charged along the D/Sgt Rehema Kunihira, 42, a police officer, attached to Masindi Police Barracks.
Both denied the charges.
The State House Anti corruption arrested Bwiso last Thursday after he pestered the family of an accused defiler with a Shs. 3 million bribe.
Early this month a case of defilement was reported at Masindi Police Station on file CRB 149/2022 in which Mr. Alinaitwe Joseph was accused of defiling a minor.
A spokesperson of SH-ACU said in a statement that Arinaitwe had been held for more than ten days without being been arraigned before court.
“In the meantime, the families of the suspect and the victim agreed to a settlement and reconciliation out of court and an agreement was written plus a request to the RSA to withdraw the case,” SH-ACU said.
“Upon receipt of that request, the RSA demanded for Shs. 3m from the family of the suspect in order to close the file. The family pleaded with him and asked to raise Uganda Shs.1.5m……. detectives laid a bait of Shs.1m which was delivered to the office of the RSA and duly received. This is when he was arrested,” SH-ACU said in a statement.
On March 10, Mr. Bwiiso had written to the Masindi District head of CID directing him to resubmit the defilement file for a re-perusal.
“Please find here with attached a letter from the family members of the accused claiming that they have sorted out their matter out of court. This is therefore to direct you resubmit the file for further guidance,” Bwiiso wrote.
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