PDM Money Lands Parish Chief Behind Bars

State House AntiGraft unit working with Criminal Investigations Directorate and Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions have arraigned Shamim Chebet the Parish Chief of Kongowo Parish, Kapsinda Sub County in Kapchorwa District, before the Chief Magistrate's Court Kapchorwa on charges of Obtaining Money by False Pretense and Conspiracy to Commit a Felony.

 The accused together with the LC II of Kongowo and the SACCO Chairperson who are still at large, between the month of August 2023 and January 2024 at Kongowo Parish, Kapsinda sub-County in Kapchorwa District, conspired to illegally demand and collect millions of shillings from hundreds of beneficiaries of Kongowo PDM SACCO as a condition for them to benefit from Parish Development Model funds.

She been remanded until 22/08/2024.