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Muwonge Ibrahim escorted to prison
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Kampala
A businessman accused of defrauding a Turkish fertilizer company of goods worth more than UGX 2.2 billion has been arraigned before the Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court.
Muwonge Ibrahim, also known as Ibra, was jointly arraigned on Thursday by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, Criminal Investigations Directorate, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
He faces charges of obtaining goods by false pretence, electronic fraud, forgery, uttering false documents, and conspiracy to commit a felony.
Court heard that between February and December 2023, Muwonge and other suspects still at large allegedly used a company identified as Kureha Uganda Limited to fraudulently obtain fertilizer from Iskenderun Fertilizer Inc..
Prosecution alleges that the accused persons duped the Turkish company into shipping 28 containers of fertilizer to Uganda. Each container reportedly contained 540 bags of fertilizer.
According to investigators, after receiving the consignment, the suspects allegedly switched off communication with the supplier and proceeded to place the fertilizer on the Ugandan market for sale.
The total value of the consignment is estimated at more than UGX 2.2 billion.
Muwonge was remanded until May 28, 2026, as investigations continue and efforts to trace his alleged accomplices intensify.
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