{UAH} Former principal accountant Christopher Obey dies

Former principal accountant Christopher Obey dies

Friday July 02 2021

Mr Christopher Obey. PHOTO/FILE

Summary

• Mr Obey was in July 2017 convicted with other two officials at the same ministry in connection to forgery of a judicial document in order to siphon over Shs15.4 billion pension cash. 

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By Anthony Wesaka

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Former Ministry of Public Service principal accountant in the pensions department, Mr Christopher Obey has died.

"He died today. He had a history of pneumonia which has been disturbing him. It worsened yesterday (Thursday) and we rushed him to Mulago National Referral Hopsital. He was put on oxygen but he unfortunately died today," Uganda prisons spokesperson, Mr Frank Baine confirmed .

Mr Obey was in 2016 convicted with several officials at the same ministry in connection to forgery of a judicial document in order to siphon over Shs88.2 billion pension cash.

Other convicts in the multi-billion public service pension scandal included former Director of Research and Development, Stephen Kiwanuka Kunsa and Jimmy Lwamafa, the former permanent secretary. Mr Obey was handed a 10 year jail term which he has been serving. 

According to the Ministry of Health, Covid-19 has claimed about 1,111 lives in Uganda since the outbreak was confirmed in March last year. 

1,048 new Covid-19 cases were added overnight as Uganda reached 82, 082 known Covid-19 cases, according to Ministry of Health data. 

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