A former Assistant Minister Stephen Tarus is facing charges in Uganda that could see him locked for three years due to the offences committed.
According to authorities in Uganda, Tarus was arrested and arraigned in an Anti Corruption court in Kampala over smuggling, fraud and forgery of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) documents. This included a receipt claiming to have paid $30,000 in Kampala for the movement of the gold.
Court documents indicate that Tarus gave the forged documents to one Indian businessman who flew into the country from Mumbai last year to secure a space for a medical equipment showroom when he was offered the forged documents.
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The Indian who is also said to have a similar showroom in Congo arrived in Kampala in December before linking up with the politician who contacted and informed him about a 13Kg consignment of gold at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA).
Stephen Tarus informed the Indian that the gold has been with the authority for the past four years and some specific charges had to be paid for the consignment to be released from URA.
This is when the Indian by the name Pravine released the cash to the politician and in turn received the forged Ugandan Revenue Authority documents and receipts.
Tarus and his team disappeared with the money prompting Pravine to contact URA officials directly before raising a red alert on the forged documents. Thus starting an investigation into the issue.
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The former Assistant Minister is said to have been arrested and arraigned in a Ugandan court and charges indicate that if found guilty, he can serve three years in Ugandan prison or be fined a sum of not less than 10,000 dollars.
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