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N commissions n Former diplomat 263 NUSAF projects charged with defilement By Cornes Lubangakene By Richard Drasimaku is a daughter of the suspect’s brother-in-law. The girl had has Dan Opima, a former reportedly been brought to commissioned 263 sub diplomat who was recently their home by Opima’s wife. -projects under the World arrested on allegations of Bank funded Northern aggravated defilement, has Social Action Fund II been sent to the High Court. BETWEEN THE LINES: (NUSAF II) programme. One of his last diplomatic The projects worth sh10.6b postings was to the Ethiopian n The victim is quoted including staff houses for capital Addis - Ababa. by the Police to have said teachers and health workers, Opima appeared before that Opima began defiling cattle restocking, animal chief magistrate Jesse her last year and each traction, boreholes, poultry Byaruhanga in Arua on time he preyed on her, he and goats supplies were Friday, after refusing to speak placed a machete nearby on Friday launched by the in court the previous day. He threatening to harm her if deputy speaker of Parliament, was remanded to Arua prison she reported the incident. Jacob Oulanyah. The grant and will be produced in the commissioning of the projects High Court on August 25. took place at Awach Central, “This court does not have Angucia said a female class Pece Pawel and Loyoajonga jurisdiction over your case. If teacher who noticed that the Primary Schools for Aswa you want to apply for bail, you girl was depressed in class county, Gulu Municipality and Oulanyah (Third right) and other leaders during the commissioning of one of the are free to do so when you last week decided to take her Omoro county respectively. NUSUF II projects in Gulu. Photo by Cornes Lubangakene appear in the High Court,” for counselling. Gulu district chairman, Byaruhanga told him. This During that session, she Martin Ojara said the district The project worth sh42m had youth abandoned the site. “We had a challenge with was after Opima pleaded not said the girl opened up, got the biggest allocation of sh21m already released to the Ojara said they picked up some of your leaders from guilty to the charges. Opima prompting the class teacher the money under NUSAF II project accounts but an order the equipment and kept it at Acholi sub-region who were was arrested last Tuesday at to inform the headmaster and all the projects have been was made for the money to be Laroo division headquarters. opposed to inception of this his home. He is accused of who registered a case at successfully implemented. returned to the main account “We shall get a serious youth NUSAF II in 2012. But I had defiling a 13-year-old pupil of Mvara Police Station before The drainage project was in Bank of Uganda. group and give it to them,” he to stand my ground as the Arua Demonstration Primary it was forwarded to Arua cancelled because it was Meanwhile, the sh10m added. Oulanyah urged the speaker at that time and it School, according to witness Central Police Station. found to have been generated Awere Queens community Acholi community to embrace was discussed,” Oulanyah statements. Opima has been the by only one person while other youth skills training in Laroo programmes that will help said. He added that such Josephine Angucia, registrar of the NRM party in members were simply asked division had its their project them and shun leaders who leaders should not be voted the West Nile Police Arua. The Arua district NRM to append their signatures. equipment procured but the are anti-developmental. back into Parliament. spokesperson, said the victim administrative secretary,