Businessman Charged in UGX 800 Million Fraud, Accused of Impersonating State House Office
KAMPALA, December 3, 2025 – The Anti-Corruption Court at KCCA has remanded a businessman, Muyomba Ashiraf, over his alleged involvement in an elaborate UGX 800 million procurement scam involving the fraudulent impersonation of a Presidential office.
Muyomba, the Executive Director of Hongera Saana Uganda Ltd, was arraigned before the KCCA Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. He faces charges of obtaining goods by false pretence, forgery, and uttering false documents. He has been remanded until December 10, 2025.
The arrest and prosecution are the result of a joint investigation by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU), the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), and the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID).
According to the charge sheet, between December 2024 and April 2025, Muyomba and his company, operating from Minister’s Village in Ntinda, allegedly presented Hongera Saana Uganda Ltd as a “Presidential Mobilization Body for Peace and Development under the Office of the President.”
Under this guise, the company is said to have placed a fraudulent bid notice in newspapers, inviting suppliers to deliver a wide range of goods. Subsequently, Muyomba entered into contracts with several suppliers, including Ms. Nasali Shillo of Kisco International Limited and Mr. Kezimbira Isaac of K.K.N Enterprises Limited, for goods worth approximately UGX 800 million.
The supplied items, delivered to the company’s Ntinda offices, included thousands of kilograms of maize, soya, groundnut, and rice seeds, posho, cooking oil, sugar, mattresses, metallic double beds, farm spray pumps, knapsacks, branded T-shirts, umbrellas, caps, and backdrops.
After the deliveries were made, all attempts by the suppliers to receive payment proved futile. Investigations later confirmed that Hongera Saana Uganda Ltd had no affiliation, authorization, or relationship with the Office of the President, rendering the bid advertisement and contracts fraudulent.
“This was a calculated scheme to deceive honest businessmen and women by exploiting the name and credibility of the Presidency,” a spokesperson from the investigative team stated. “It underscores our commitment to pursuing those who use fraud to undermine public trust and victimise citizens.”
The case highlights ongoing concerns about procurement fraud and the impersonation of government entities to defraud private suppliers. The court will hear bail applications when the suspect returns on December 10.
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