The Assistant commissioner accounts Mulago Referral Hospital Nyeko Ponsiano has been remanded to Luzira prison for causing a financial loss of billions of shillings to his employer through irregular and double payments to supplier companies.
Nyeko appeared before Anti-Corruption Court Grade One Magistrate Abert Asiimwe and denied the allegations that preferred against him by the Prosecution.
He has been ordered to return to Court on July 25th 2024 to recieve his bail ruling.
Nyeko has been jointly charged with the former Executive Director Mulago National Refferal Hospital Dr.Byarugaba Baterana Bonaventura and seven others who were on June 27th 2024 granted bail.
They are charged with several offences including; abuse of office and causing a 6.3 billion shillings loss to the National Referral Hospital.
Prosecution insists that between financial years 2015/ 2016 , 2016 / 2017 and 2019 / 2020 , Dr. Byarugaba and other eight Mulago hospital officials being authorized users of the integrated Financial Management System and in Abuse of their respective offices flouted both public procurement and payment procedures by approving payments to Setramaco International company for supplies, routine servicing and repair works of hospital machines which were never executed.
Some of the fraudulent acts committed by the accused which led to the multi -billion shillings loss are ; the purported supply of consumables for non-existence autoclaves ( sterilization equipment) with capacity at 3.6 billion shillings , an irregular processing of 1.5 billion shillings for the routine serving of autoclaves all paid to Setramaco International Ltd with out following procedures governing public payments.
The accused are also said to have caused multiple payments to a tune of 1.7 billion shillings to Setramaco International for the alleged relocation and installation of a Multi-Ironer , relocation of steam cooking pans from lower to Upper Mulago and supply of Molten blankets yet the same activities had already been paid for by Mulago National Referral Hospital.
