The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has sentenced former Soroti University Secretary, Ruth Achimo Etibot to five years in jail after being found guilty on charges related to diversion of more than 1 billion shillings for the University.
The Court presided over by Lady Justice Margaret Tibulya yesterday evening convicted Achimo Etibot on charges of abuse of office, two counts of diversion of public resources, one count of fraudulent false accounting and one count of false accounting by a public officer.
Achimo Etibot who doubled as the Accounting Officer was initially charged together with Edward Obeele who was the University Bursar.
However, Obeele pleaded guilty to the charges through a plea bargain and was sentenced to a fine.
As a result, the Prosecution led by James Khaukha proceeded with the case to full trial against Achimo Etibot.
While sentencing her, the trial judge stated that the convict’s actions were irregular and with blatant impunity which no amount of explanation could sanitize and accordingly, only an imprisonment term was befitting.
