By Sania Babirye
The Anti-corruption court judge Lawrence Gidudu has once again sentenced the former Principle Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister Geoffrey Kazinda to five years in Luzira prison over corruption.
Kazinda was this morning found guilty of conspiring with 3 others to defraud government of 316 million shillings worth fuel drawn by non-existent OPM vehicles that were meant to carry relief to disaster victims.
Kanzinda's co-accused have however been handed a fine sentence ranging from 10 to 50 million shillings on grounds that they Kazinda who was the master planner crafted the fraud plot which the three co accused jumped on under bandwagon .
The former clerk from the OPM Beatrice Kezabu has been orders to refunded the most money at 50 million shillings on grounds that she facilitated the said theft by entering false entries in fuel Order forms well knowing that no fuel had been drawn .
Shamim Masembe had Hussein Katumwa have been sentenced to a fine of ten million shillings each for helping Kaiznda realise the fruits of his crimes as they let their fuel station former Total Ntinda to be used as the conduit of the theft.
The judge has however ordered that the three Will serve a one jail term if they fail to refund the money.
The judge has also bared the convicts from holding any public office for a period of 10 years and compensate government the stolen funds.