The headmaster of Mbarara High School Benon Charlie Twinomujuni and the school Bursar Michael Namara have been charged with embezzlement before the High Court Anti-corruption division sitting at Kololo in Kampala.
The two men are appeared before Court's chief magistrate Pamela Lamunu and denied the offense of embezzlement, causing financial loss and abuse of their office.
Prosecution states that Twinomujuni and Namara between January 2017 and February 2018 while performing their duties as Headmaster and Bursar respectively at Mbarara High School in Mbarara district, stole more than r 200 million shillings meant for various activities at School.
Prosecution adds that the duo in the same period at Mbarara High approved and withdrew 207,450,000 million shillings without any supporting documents and accountability, an arbitrary act prejudicial to the interest of their employer.
They have been released both on a cash bail of 10 million shillings each and their five sureties ordered to execute a non-cash bond of 80 million shillings not cash.
The sureties include an Economist with Bank of Uganda as a director petroleum investment fund Paddy Turyamujuka.
They are to return to court on February 18th 2019 to set a hearing date since investigations are in advanced stage according to prosecution.