Three of Byandala's co-accused convicted over Shs24bn Kyetume-Katosi road scam 

The anti -corruption court in Kololo has convicted three people of causing financial loss to government in the shs24.7 billion Kyetume-Katosi road scam.

The court convicted businessman Apollo Ssenkeeto, who purported to be the country representative for Eutaw Construction Company, Joe Ssemugooma, the former director of finance and administration at UNRA and Wilberforce Senjako, the former regional accountant for UNRA after finding them guilty of being part of a  scam that fleeced government huge sums of money through the Kyetume-Katosi road scam 2013.

The court also found them guilty of theft of shs.24.7 billion.

In his judgment, Justice Gidudu said prosecution had produced evidence to prove that Ssenkeeto purported to be a representative of Eutaw yet his company was never existent and was no known by the American based company.

Ssenkeeto was also convicted of forging and uttering securities from Kenya Commercial Bank, Statewide Insurance Company and Housing Finance Bank in regards with the Kyetume-Katosi road contract purporting to be from Eutaw Construction Company yet it was not true.

The judge also convicted Ssemugooma and Ssenjako for negligence when they failed to do due diligence on the performance bonds in regards the road contractor which later turned out a scam and government lost huge sums of money.

Justice Gidudu however adjourned the case to Thursday afternoon to be able to deliver sentence for the three convicts.

Earlier, the court had acquitted former Works Minister, Eng.Abraham Byandala and three other co-accused in the Kyetume- Katosi road saga.

Byandala was being accused of directing for the immediate signing of a contract in 2013 between Eutaw and UNRA before due diligence which later turned out a scam and government lost shs24.7 billion in the Kyetume-Katosi road saga.

However, Gidudu said there was nothing arbitrary in the then minister’s letter to UNRA because he was their direct supervisor in absence of a board of directors.

“The road had been promised for a long time and now that the money had been available, he could not stop the construction works,”Gidudu said.

The judge also acquitted Eng Berunado Ssebbugga Kimeze, the former UNRA Executive Director, Isaac Mugote, a former staff at Housing Finance bank and Marvin Baryaruha, the former UNRA legal counsel of offences related to abuse of office.