Three staffs of Lira District and a businessman who were arrested over corruption has been released on bail by the anti-corruption court.
The proprietor of Jerusalem school of health sciences Peter Okodo was arrested over connivance to sale public land and the three staff of Lira district whom court released Wednesday were Fabius Otike the district natural resource officer, Joseph Ocen Alwong, senior lands officer, the chairperson area land committee of Ojwina Eram Bazil Opio.
The three district officials are accusations of receiving a bribe from Peter Okodo to execute fraudulent sale of plot 41, church road located near Lira regional referral hospital where the latter has established his Galilee pharmacy.
They appeared in court recently and were remanded to Luzira prison.
The four appeared before the grade one magistrate of the ant-corruption court, Herbert Assimwe on Wednesday applied for court bail.
Assimwe released Otike, Ocen Alwong on cash bail of 1.5 million shillings while their sureties were told to pay 10 million shillings should they disappear.
Peter Okodo was also released on one million shillings cash bail and his sureties will also pay 10 million shillings should he disappear or fail to return to court.
The four are expected to return to court on 31/10/2022.
