The embattled Senior Agricultural Engineer of Apac District, Mega Atim, is expected to appear before the Anti‑Corruption Court on Tuesday.
Atim was arrested and recorded a statement on Monday at the IG Lira Regional Office for allegedly uttering a false documents. Munira Ali, spokeperson at the Inspectorate of Government confirmed that Atim had been arrested and will be arraigned before court on Tuesday.
Investigations reveal that in May 2024, she applied for the post of Senior Agricultural Engineer with Apac District Local Government and was appointed. Her troubles began when the work experience papers she presented dated February 3rd, 2020, from Itek‑Okille Farmers’ Cooperative Society were disowned by the institution and declared a forgery.
The cooperative’s leadership stated that she had never worked with them. According to Section 328 of the Penal Code Act CAP 128, “Any person who knowingly and fraudulently utters a false document commits an offence of the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if she had forged the thing in question.” URN