Ex-Lands Ministry Official Jailed 3 Years for Fraudulent Uganda Railways Land Deal

Francis Ateng: Former Lands Ministry Official Jailed 2 Years, 9 Months for Fraudulent Land Deal » Business Focus

Francis Ateng appearing in court The Anti-Corruption Court has sentenced Francis Ateng, the former Principal Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Lands, Lira Zonal Office, to two years and nine months in prison for abuse of office and related offences. Ateng was convicted on 11 counts, including abuse of office, fraudulent procurement of a title, forgery, uttering false documents, and conspiracy to commit a felony. All the offences stem from d…

Former Principal Assistant Secretary for Lira Lands Zonal office jailed for Three Years

KAMPALA-The Anti-Corruption Court has sentenced Ateng Francis, a former Principal Assistant Secretary at the Lira Ministry of Lands Zonal Office, to three years in prison for using his government office to facilitate fraudulent land transactions. Judicial Gavel Ateng, 53, was on 24 October 2025 found guilty of Abuse of Office after he irregularly facilitated the issuance of a special certificate of title, and the subsequent separation and alloca…

Anti-Corruption Court Sends Former Lands Officer To Prison Over URC Land Scam

By Spy Uganda  The Anti-Corruption Court has convicted and sentenced Mr. Ateng Francis, a former Principal Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Lands’ Lira Zonal Office, to three years in prison after finding him guilty on multiple corruption-related charges. Ateng was convicted on eleven counts, including abuse of office, fraudulent procurement of a certificate of…

Ex-Lands Ministry Official Jailed 3 Years for Fraudulent Uganda Railways Land Deal

The Anti-Corruption Court has convicted and sentenced the former Principal Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Lands, Lira Zonal Office, Ateng Francis, to three years in prison on eleven counts, including abuse of office, fraudulent procurement of a certificate of title, forgery, uttering false documents, and conspiracy to commit a felony. Court heard that in January 2018, while serving at the Ministry of Lands’ Zonal Office in Lira District,…