By Renowned Kampala-based lawyer, Twebaze Drake, has been remanded to prison by the Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court over serious fraud-related charges, including obtaining money by pretenses, conspiracy to defraud, and forgery.
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Twebaze was arraigned before the court earlier today in a joint operation by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), and the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID). He was remanded until June 13, 2025.
According to the prosecution, between September and December 2022, the accused, along with accomplices still at large, fraudulently obtained USD 553,500 from Talib Antonio McDowell, a businessman from Florida, USA, and director of KG Unlimited LLC. The accused allegedly misrepresented to McDowell that the money was a statutory compliance fee required for pre-qualification in a government procurement process to supply a water plant to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.
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Investigators also revealed that Twebaze and his associates forged a letter purporting to be from the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), meant to validate the false bidding claims. The letter was presented as an official document to KG Unlimited LLC, despite bearing no authenticity or connection to the PPDA.
Authorities say this case highlights a growing trend of elaborate white-collar fraud targeting foreign investors and pledged to prosecute such cases to the full extent of the law.
