Kampala, Uganda: The Director of Public Prosecutions has formally withdrawn corruption charges against three National Resistance Movement (NRM) Members of Parliament, Akamba Paul, Cissy Namujju Dionizia and Yusuf Mutembuli, bringing to an end proceedings that had been pending before the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court.
In a Nolle Prosequi dated Tuesday, January 6, 2026, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Lino Anguzu, notified court that the State would no longer pursue the case against the three legislators, all affiliated to the ruling NRM.
“TAKE NOTICE that the Government of Uganda intends that the proceedings against A1, Hon. Yusuf Mutembuli, A2, Hon. Akamba Paul, A3, Hon. Cissy Namujju Dionizia… shall not continue,” the notice reads.
The document states that the trio had been charged with corruption under sections 2(e) and 26 of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2009 (as amended), but that the case would be discontinued under the DPP’s constitutional powers.
Under Ugandan law, a Nolle Prosequi allows the DPP to halt criminal proceedings at any stage before judgment, without a court determination on guilt or innocence. Once entered, the accused are released from the charges unless the State later elects to refile them.
While the withdrawn case closes one chapter, Akamba Paul remains named in separate ongoing proceedings involving alleged conspiracy with former Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Permanent Secretary Geraldine Ssali over the alleged fraudulent diversion of Shs3.4 billion.
That case also lists PLU mobilization chief, Hon Michael Mawanda, Elgon County MP, Ignatius Mudimi Wamakuyu, attorney Taitankoko and Leonard Kavundira as co-accused, with the funds said to have been intended to compensate war victims under the Buyaka Growers Co-operative Society.
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