The Anti-Corruption Court has ordered a teacher who used his brother’s identity and employment documents to secure a government teaching job to refund Shs31.6 million he received in salaries over the years.
Samuel Kangavve was ordered to pay back Shs31,663,435 after pleading guilty to causing financial loss to the government and personation.
Kangavve appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court on 11 September 2026 where he admitted both charges and was convicted on his own plea of guilty.
In addition to the refund, the court fined Kangavve Shs3.3 million for causing financial loss, with a two-year prison term if he fails to pay.
He was also fined Shs1 million for personation, with a one-year prison sentence in default.
The court further barred Kangavve from holding public office for 10 years.
The case followed an investigation by the Inspectorate of Government, which found that Kangavve used the identity and employment documents of his brother, Mutyaba Eria Paulo, to take up a government teaching position.
According to the investigation, Mutyaba had been offered the teaching job but did not take it up. Kangavve instead took the position using his brother’s name while continuing to work and receive a government salary under his own name.
The court therefore ordered him to refund the full amount of money the government lost through the arrangement.
