Opiyo Christopher Ateker, the Gulu district LCV Chairperson has revealed that he was Thursday summoned by the Police in the Gulu district to go and write a statement and provide the police with sufficient evidence on the ongoing investigation of Five members Ajanyi Kacel Watwero produce buying and selling who is being accused of swindling 10million shilling which was appropriated under UWEP to benefit Ajanyi Kacel Watwero produce buying and selling with 15 members.
Currently, the police in Gulu are investigating five members of false Ajanyi kale Watwero produce buying and selling with only 5 members where it alleged that last year, these five individuals went and connived with Mr.Ali Daniel, Parish chief of Pagik Parish in Paicho sub-county and formed false UWEP group and embezzled a total of 10 million shillings, the fund that was sent to benefit real Ajanyi Kacel Watwero produce buying and selling with 15 members.
Ateker on 18 thursday January reveals to the reporter that he was summoned by the police who are doing investigations over the case to provide them with sufficient evidence he has obtained as head of the district executive committee.
He discloses that his team went up to UWEP secretariats and established that the real group that was supposed to benefit from UWEP was Ajanyi Produce buying and selling with 15 members but not the one with only 5 members.
He says he was going to deliver this evidence to the police in Bucoro by today Thursday so that the corrupt individuals who were involved in the syndicates are prosecuted.
Police in the Gulu district was last year on December 28 picked four people from the Paicho sub-county in Gulu over alleged embezzlement of 10 million shillings that was allocated to Ajanyi Kacel Watwero produce buying and selling in financial years 2022-2023 under Uganda women entrepreneur project, however, these suspects were released the following day on police bond.
The arrest followed an order from deputy RDC of Gulu district Mr. Cosmas James Okidi who directed the police to investigate the matter.
Those who were arrested in December last year include Ali Daniel, the Parish Chief of Pagik Parish in Paicho sub-county, Lamwaka Prossy, Atimango Grace, and Aryemo Milly, the trio is the executive of false Ajanyi Kacel Watero produce buying and selling who were allegedly formed to swindle the money from the real Ajanyi group which has 15 members.
Okidi had said he swung into action following several attempts by the genuine “Ajanyi produce buying and selling with 15 members who claimed that their group was appropriated UWEP fund however Mr. Ali Daniel who is the parish chief went and formed another group with only five members and diverted the fund which was supposed to benefit the real group.
Tala Rose, the secretary of affected Ajanyi produce buying and selling earlier on told this publication that their group was already informed by Ali that they were appropriated 10 million shilling and they were in the process of opening their group account.
Rose says she became suspicious in July 2023 after learning that another group with the same name was formed by Atimango Grace who was one of their group members.
