Former Ministry of Public Service Accountant Christopher Obey has died from Murchison Bay prison, Luzira.
Obey has been bedridden for three weeks battling several health complications.
Frank Beine, Uganda Prisons publicist confirmed the death saying Obey has been having ailments.
Mr Beine ruled out that Obey died of Covid-19.
However, Beine said, “we are waiting for postmortem results.”
Mr Obey was in 2016 convicted with several officials at the same ministry in connection to forgery of a judicial document in order to siphon over Shs88.2 billion pension cash.
Other convicts in the multi-billion public service pension scandal included former Director of Research and Development, Stephen Kiwanuka Kunsa and Jimmy Lwamafa, the former permanent secretary. Mr Obey was handed a 10 year jail term which he has been serving.
Additionally, Mr Obey was in July 2017 also convicted with other two officials at the public service ministry in connection to forgery of a judicial documents in order to siphon over Shs15.4 billion pension cash.
More details follow.
