Things are not looking good for city lawyer Twebaze Drake after he was dragged before Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court over a jaw-dropping fraud case involving over $500,000 (around Shs2 billion).
Twebaze is now facing a cocktail of charges including; obtaining money by false pretenses, conspiracy to defraud, and forgery.
According to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, this was part of a joint operation with the ODPP and CID. For now, he’s been remanded to Luzira until June 13, 2025, as investigations continue cooking.
So what exactly went down?
Prosecutors say that between September and December 2022, right here in Kampala, Twebaze—together with others who are still being hunted—allegedly swindled $553,500 from an American businessman, Talib Antonio McDowell, who was representing KG Unlimited LLC, a Florida-based company.
Apparently, they convinced Talib that the money was a “statutory compliance fee” needed to qualify for a mega deal to supply a water plant to Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture. Turns out… it was all a scam.
And it gets worse. Twebaze and his crew reportedly forged an official-looking letter from Uganda’s procurement body PPDA to make the whole deal look legit. Of course, PPDA knows nothing about it.
The Anti-Corruption Unit says they’re not about to play games with fraudsters and promised to keep the heat on white-collar crime until investors can breathe safely in Uganda.
As for Twebaze, he’ll be in Luzira as this saga unfolds. More drama incoming.
