Tororo Municipal education officer Teddy Makola Ajuma and two others have been remanded to Morukatipe Prisons in Tororo over diverting more than Shs50 million meant for a school.
Ajuma had been arrested on Wednesday with two others, including the head teacher of Morukatipe View Primary School Eunice Nanjala and Amagoro LC IV councilor Andrew Omuye.
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit ordered their arrest.
Appearing before Tororo grade one magistrate Elijah Iradukunda, the suspects were charged with connivance and embezzlement.
According to prosecution, the suspects reportedly connived and diverted over Shs52 million, part of what the school received as compensation for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) construction.
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