The officials appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court on May 2nd, 2019 for causing the bank a financial loss of more than Shillings 4 billion meant for different services and supplies involving Compulynx Uganda Limited, which was supposed to offer e-banking related services.
Mukweli who has been the bank’s Managing Director since the early 2000s, handed in his resignation to the bank’s board chairman Grace Bakunda on Friday, a day after his appearance at the Anti-Corruption Court, where he and six other officials were charged with abuse of office, causing financial loss and conspiracy to defraud their employer.