The Sembabule LC V Chairperson, Dr. Elly Muhumuza is out on bail. The Sembabule Grade One Magistrate, George Nfutindinda has granted Dr. Muhumuza bail of Shillings 2 million not in cash.
Dr. Muhumuza was picked up on Thursday last week and locked up at the Criminal Investigations Directorate headquarters in Kibuli in Kampala for defying the cattle quarantine following the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in his area.
The LC V Chairperson is accused of conniving with livestock traders to transport a truck full of cattle from his farm in Kabukongoote village Ntuusi Sub County without clearance from the veterinary department.
Yesterday, Dr Muhumuza appeared before the Sembabule Grade One Magistrate, George Nfutindinda together with his accomplices including Geoffrey Nimanya, the former Officer in Charge of Criminal Investigations Department Sembabule district and Edison Amanya, a cattle trader.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and presented Michael Kakuru, the Sembabule Chief Administrative Officer and Musa Kakonge, a local businessman as his sureties. The presiding magistrate asked each of the sureties to execute a non-cash bond of Shillings 2 million before releasing the suspects.
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