A Kampala-based businessman has been remanded to Luzira Prison after being charged in connection with a fraudulent procurement scheme that defrauded suppliers of goods worth nearly Shs800 million.
Ashiraf Muyomba, the Executive Director of Hongera Saana Uganda Ltd, was on Tuesday arraigned before the KCCA Chief Magistrate’s Court following a joint operation by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Criminal Investigations Directorate.
He faces charges of obtaining goods by false pretence, forgery, and uttering false documents. He will return to court on December 10, 2025.
According to investigators, the alleged scam took place between December 2024 and April 2025 at Minister’s Village, Ntinda, in Nakawa Division. Hongera Saana Uganda Ltd is accused of falsely presenting itself as a Presidential Mobilization Body for Peace and Development under the Office of the President and placing a misleading bid notice in newspapers inviting suppliers to deliver various goods.
The suspect reportedly identified and contracted suppliers, including Ms. Nasali Shillo of Kisco International Limited and Mr. Kezimbira Isaac of K.K.N Enterprises Limited, to deliver items valued at close to Shs800 million.
The supplied goods included thousands of kilograms of maize, soya, groundnut and rice seeds, as well as posho, cooking oil, sugar, mattresses, metallic double-decker beds, farmate spray pumps, knapsacks, tear drops, branded T-shirts, umbrellas, caps, and backdrops, among other assorted items.
However, after delivering the items to Hongera Saana Uganda’s offices in Ntinda, the affected suppliers were never paid. All their attempts to obtain payment reportedly failed, raising suspicion and prompting a formal complaint.
Further investigations revealed that Hongera Saana Uganda Ltd had no affiliation or working relationship with the Office of the President, contradicting the claims used to lure suppliers into the bogus procurement process.
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit said the prosecution of the case reflects ongoing efforts to dismantle fraudulent networks targeting businesses and government-linked processes.
