Buganda Road court remands businessman over alleged Sh2 billion fertiliser fraud and forged ministry permits

According to The Independent (URN), a businessman arrested in Entebbe by police and the State House Anti-Corruption Unit was charged at Buganda Road Chief Magistrates' Court with obtaining goods by false pretences, forgery and related offences, and remanded to Luzira Prison until 28 May 2026. Prosecutors allege he and two others obtained fertiliser worth USD 551,880 from Turkish firm Iskenderun Gubre Sanayii by falsely claiming ties to Japan's Kureha Corporation, and submitted forged documents to the Ministry of Agriculture; he denied the charges.