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The government will recover more than Shs200 million from Bukomansimbi District officials and an insurance company that had connived to deduct money advanced to every Parish Development Model (PDM) beneficiary.

This followed the arrest of Bukomansimbi District Production Officer, District PMD Focal Person and two parish chiefs that were getting money from the beneficiaries claiming it is insurance fees.

Mr Fred Pax Kalema, the Bukomansimbi Deputy Resident District Commissioner, said the arrested quartet accepted to refund the money amounting to more than 200m to the beneficiaries before they secured police bonds last Friday.

“Since they [affected district officials] have accepted to refund the money, we have allowed them to do that,” he said in an interview at the weekend.

Mr Kalema said the officials without consent of the beneficiaries initiated the process of charging Shs50,000 for what they termed as insurance fees from them which was irregular. He said the insurance company had also opened up offices in the district where PDM beneficiaries were depositing the money.

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