The recently appointed deputy government Spokesperon Col. Shaban Bantariza has been released on bail by the General Military Court Martial.
Col. Shaban Bantariza
Bantariza a former director of the National Leadership Institute (NALI), Kyankwanzi was remanded last week by the same court on three counts of fraud, tampering with documents and attempted fraud.
Justice and constitutional affairs minister, Maj. Gen. Kahinda and Col. John Mary Kganda stood surety for Col. Bantariza before the court chairman, Brig. Moses Ddiba Ssentongo.
Prosecution alleges that on February 3, 2011 at Akamba Uganda Ltd, Plot 12 Old Port Bell Road in Kampala district, being the director of NALI, he received a tractor with aregistration number UAN 652Z and its accessories donated to NALI by the ministry of finance.
He instead claimed to have purchased the said tractor at sh67m and put it to personal use. He was arrested on Monday July 1, 2013 from his home in Bweyogerere, Wakiso district.
Source The New Vision
