By; Our Reporter
Kampala businessman Frank Gashumba, his brother Innocent Kasumba and a Tour and travel guide officer Ismail Kiyingi have been jointly charged with fraud before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate James Eremye Mawanda.
They denied the charges and secured non cash bail of 20 million shillings.
Gashumba also known as Frank Disans Ssenyondo and Kasumba also known as Simon Mutabazi and Kiyingi were arraigned in court this afternoon in absence of the prosecutors and read for him charges including impersonation, forgery, unlawful possession of narcotic drugs and conspiracy to commit a felony which they denied.
Those who stood surities for him include Kalungu west MP Josepph Sewungu, Emmanuel Musoke (Former District chairman of Kalungu) and city businessman John Ssebaggala. His co-accused also presented three sureties each
Gashumba has been in detention since last Monday when he was arrested by the Military Intelligence after he went to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) headquarters in Mbuya to check on Kasumba who had earlier been arrested for impersonating Ministry of Defence officials.
The arrest of the duo according to the deputy army spokesperson Lt Col Deo Akiiki were arrest after a wistlebrower that the accused were meeting foreign companies, claiming that Ministry of Defence had outsourced them to procure hundreds of trucks for UPDF.
It is alleged, they were arrested with cocaine, marijuana, 20 stamps in names of Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Fisheries and Stanbic Bank from Mr Kasumba’s home who had earlier escaped a siege by the Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force at Tulip Hotel in Nakasero where he was meeting the said investor.
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