On February 28, 2025, the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU), in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), presented a case against one Ngabirano Gerald before the Kabale Chief Magistrate’s Court. He faced charges of forgery, uttering false documents, and conspiracy to commit fraud. Following the proceedings, he was remanded to Ndorwa Prison in Kabale until March 4, 2025.
In January 2025, SH-ACU received a tip from a whistleblower regarding an attempted fraud involving a bank account owned by Karekezi Stephen at DFCU Bank in Kampala. It was alleged that Ngabirano Gerald, along with others still at large, had illicitly acquired garnishee orders from His Worship Tumwebaze Kenneth, the Deputy Registrar of the High Court in Kabale. These court orders directed DFCU Bank to release over 1,750,300 from Karekezi Stephen’s account, supposedly to settle a non-existent debt owed to Ngabirano Gerald.
The suspects submitted fabricated documents and misleading information, manipulating the legal system to secure the issuance of the court orders for the attachment of funds from the account. Fortunately, SH-ACU acted promptly, instructing DFCU Bank to freeze the account, thus preventing any financial loss.