Nakasero State House gardener called Ismail Kivumbi has been remanded to Kitalya prison by Buganda Road court for allegedly stealing UGx 30 million meant to buy food for State House employees.
Ismail Kivumbi, 37, was today Wednesday arraigned before Grade One magistrate Marion Mangeni who read to him the charges. Court heard that on February 25, 2021, at Nakasero in Kampala district, Kivumbi stole Shs 30 million, a property of the government of Uganda.
Kivumbi however denied the charge and asked to be released on bail on grounds that he has been in custody for close to two weeks without being produced in court.
The state attorney Ivan Kyazze informed court that investigations into this matter were still ongoing. Kivumbi was arrested on Sunday last week according to sources at the State House Anti Corruption Unit whose operatives effected the arrest.
The sources revealed that Kivumbi who joined State House many years ago as a gardener was later elevated to the catering department of the State House Nakasero branch.
