The Anti Corruption Court in Kololo has released the Uganda Land Commission chairperson Beatrice Nyakaisiki Byenkya on bail.
Byenkya had earlier been charged with abuse of office and obstruction of a search in her office by detectives from the Inspectorate of Government.
After denying the charges, Byenkya asked the court to allow her to be released on bail since she has some illness that requires medical attention.
In her ruling, the trial magistrate Joan Aciro accepted to release Byenkya on a shs4 million cash bond, the same amount for each of her two bodyguards who were equally released on bail.
The sureties for the three accused people were each asked to pay shs35 million non-cash.
However, one of the bodyguards failed to secure bail after two of his three sureties brought LC1 letters which were not in English language.
The case was adjourned to January, 17th, 2022.
Byenkya appeared together with three of her bodyguards including Richard Godfrey Anywar, Titus Wamono, and Edward Turyatunga all accused of obstructing a search in her office.
