The State House Anti-Corruption Unit, together with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, produced city lawyer Twebaze Drake at Buganda Road Magistrate’s court on charges of fraud.
Twebaze faces charges of collecting money on false pretences and forgery in connection with a scheme in which he and others stole Shs 2 billion from an American investor.
According to prosecution, between September and December 2022, Twebaze, acting with unidentified accomplices, reportedly deceived Talib Antonio McDowell, a representative of KG Unlimited LLC based in Florida, USA, into transferring the funds under the pretext that the money was a statutory compliance fee required for pre-qualification in a single-source bidding process to supply a water plant to Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.
Investigators say the bidding process never existed, and the accused further forged a letter purportedly from the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) to legitimise the scam.
Twebaze has been remanded until 13 June 2025, pending further investigations and court proceedings.
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