On March 27, 2026, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions secured convictions against Pallisa County MP Otukol Samuel, and Director in both Samix Uganda Ltd and Zedkol Financial Services, Odap Francis, former Chief Administrative Officer, and Wamburu Willy, Acting Chief Financial Officer of Namisindwa district.
The above figures and Osire Ezekiel, Director of Zedkol Financial Services are accused of causing financial loss, theft, and conspiracy to defraud. They appeared at the Anti-Corruption Court.
Odap Francis and Wamburu Willy, during June, October, and November 2019, processed payments purported to be staff loan deductions to companies that had not provided any services to the district in the sums of shs82,530,413 to United for Development SACCO, shs202,483,413 to Samix Uganda Ltd, and shs210,430,890 to Zedkol Financial Services.
This action was contrary to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Public Service, which required payment of loan deductions to a single deduction code managed by the Uganda Consumer Lenders Association (UCLA).
MP Otukol Samuel and Osire Ezekiel withdrew the money from the companies’ accounts upon receipt and utilised it.
The said companies were not licensed by the Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA) to provide financial services; they were not members of UCLA; and they did not provide loans to the staff of Namisindwa District Local Government.
The court convicted Odap Francis and Wamburu Willy on three counts of causing financial loss and two counts of conspiracy to defraud.
The same court convicted Otukol Samuel on two counts of theft and two counts of conspiracy to defraud, while Osire Ezekiel was convicted on one count of theft and one count of conspiracy to defraud.
The court will sentence the convicts on April 1, 2026.
The matter was prosecuted by Emily Mutuzo Sendaula, Senior State Attorney, before Her Worship Asiimwe Ester, ODPP said in a statement.
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