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| Gilbert Bukenya: Uganda ex-VP charged with CHOGM fraud | Gilbert Bukenya: Uganda ex-VP charged with CHOGM fraud |
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| Uganda's former Vice-President Gilbert Bukenya has been charged with fraud. | Uganda's former Vice-President Gilbert Bukenya has been charged with fraud. |
| He denies that he benefited from a $3.9m (£2.4m) deal to supply cars to the 2007 Commonwealth summit in Kampala. | He denies that he benefited from a $3.9m (£2.4m) deal to supply cars to the 2007 Commonwealth summit in Kampala. |
| A parliamentary committee last year recommended he and other ministers be charged but MPs then voted to clear them. | A parliamentary committee last year recommended he and other ministers be charged but MPs then voted to clear them. |
| Mr Bukenya was sacked in May, as part of a reshuffle in the wake of February's elections. | Mr Bukenya was sacked in May, as part of a reshuffle in the wake of February's elections. |
| The BBC's Joshua Mmali in the capital, Kampala says the inspector general of government continued investigations into the case although MPs had decided to drop it. | The BBC's Joshua Mmali in the capital, Kampala says the inspector general of government continued investigations into the case although MPs had decided to drop it. |
| A day after losing the vice-presidency, Mr Bukenya was confronted with the news that his file was due for prosecution, our reporter says. | A day after losing the vice-presidency, Mr Bukenya was confronted with the news that his file was due for prosecution, our reporter says. |
| He is accused of being responsible for the fraudulent procurement of luxury cars, which were used to transport dozens of heads of state during the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). | He is accused of being responsible for the fraudulent procurement of luxury cars, which were used to transport dozens of heads of state during the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). |
| Mr Bukenya chaired the cabinet team in charge of preparations for the event. | Mr Bukenya chaired the cabinet team in charge of preparations for the event. |
| He was also charged with abuse of office, but replied: "Those charges are absolutely not true." | |
| He was granted a cash bail of $20,000 and will have to deposit his passport with the court. | He was granted a cash bail of $20,000 and will have to deposit his passport with the court. |
| Our reporter says the prosecution have asked for a further two weeks to complete investigations. | Our reporter says the prosecution have asked for a further two weeks to complete investigations. |
| The hearing has now been adjourned until 30 June. | The hearing has now been adjourned until 30 June. |
| Mr Bukenya became an MP in 1996, ending his two-year tenure as the Dean of the School of Medicine at Makerere University. | |
| Our reporter says that, before the February elections, in a contest which exposed serious rifts and acts of corruption in the ruling National Resistance Movement primaries, Mr Bukenya sought to be named NRM General Secretary. | |
| But he lost to Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi. |