Embattled Soroti Municipality Member of Parliament Capt. Mike Mukula was on Wednesday morning acquitted of charges of embezzling shs. 210 million by the Anti-Corruption court chaired by Justice David Wangutusi.
Mukula who has been in Luzira Prison for over a month was set free by Justice Wangutusi who said the lower court chaired by Chief magistrate Irene Akankwasa, that sentenced him to Prison ignored vital evidence in the case that would have proved the innocence of Mukula. He then ruled that Mukula was innocent and free to go home.
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| Mukula escorted to a waiting car after his release. |
Mukula was in January found guilty of embezzling shs. 210million from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) funds.
Mike Mukula, through his lawyers, however appealed against the sentence and conviction saying Chief magistrate Irene Akankwasa wrongly passed her judgement. They argued that for charges of embezzlement to stand, a person must be an employee of government, servant, or public officer which Mukula was not.
The lawyers reasoned that Ms Akankwasa erred when she believed prosecution without hearing the accused’s side of the story.
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| Mukula outside the Anti-Corruption Court after the rulling that set him free. |
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