Former Speaker of Parliament and Bukedea Woman MP Anita Among’s anticipated appearance before the Anti-Corruption Court has been postponed, even as the case against her and against Parliament’s former administrative leadership continues to build.
The seven senior Parliament officials already remanded on embezzlement and money laundering charges are due back before the court tomorrow, but Among’s own court date, initially expected this week, has been pushed back. No new date had been announced as of this writing.
The case follows a multi-agency investigation launched in May 2026 involving the Inspectorate of Government (IGG), the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). Investigators have searched properties linked to Among in Nakasero, Ntinda, Kigo and Bukedea, seizing documents and electronic devices and impounding several luxury vehicles including a Rolls-Royce Cullinan reportedly worth more than Shs 2.4 billion and multiple Range Rovers.
Among stepped down from the race for Speaker of the 12th Parliament in May, shortly after the raids began. She has since been under tight restrictions, including a reported freeze on her bank accounts, and says the measures have disrupted both her personal finances and business and charitable activities. She has not yet been formally charged, and the specific allegations expected against her remain undisclosed.
The IGG’s inquiry is reported to center on alleged money laundering, abuse of office, and irregular recruitment of parliamentary staff, alongside broader questions about wealth declaration and the management of parliamentary resources. Sources say the prosecution file against her has been finalized, leaving only a decision on timing before formal charges are preferred. Among has consistently denied wrongdoing, telling a delegation of Teso elders recently that the investigations had not substantiated the allegations against her.
Among’s case sits within a broader investigation that has already led to charges against several senior Parliament officials. Seven staff members Chris Obore (Director of Communications and Public Affairs), Daniel Adilo (Director of Human Resource), Leonard Okema, Rajab Kaaya Ssemalulu, Emmanuel Emuron Okwi, Vincent Otebata, and Methods Murebe were arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court last week on charges of embezzlement, causing financial loss, and money laundering, in connection with an alleged diversion of roughly Shs 27.2 to 31.9 billion in parliamentary funds between 2023 and 2026, much of it reportedly tied to donations and corporate social responsibility programs that were never carried out.
The officials were remanded to Luzira Prison until July 7, when they are due back in court.
The Inspectorate of Government has defended the prosecutions, saying in a statement that it remains committed to accountability in public office and that no individual is above the law.
The case has also drawn criticism from some quarters over who has not been charged commentators have pointed to the continued absence of Adolf Mwesige, the Clerk to Parliament and its Accounting Officer, from the list of the accused, and some activists argue that journalists and whistleblowers who first exposed the alleged spending including Agathar Atuhaire, Jim Spire Ssentongo and Godwin Toko faced harassment for surfacing facts now appearing in the charge sheets.
President Yoweri Museveni has publicly declined to comment on Among’s case, saying conclusions should await the completion of the Inspectorate’s report.
According to Ugandan political sources, Museveni was reportedly frustrated by Among’s earlier refusal to step aside from the speakership race despite being offered other political considerations, though this has not been confirmed by the president himself.
The precise charges Among will face, and whether they extend to allegations beyond financial impropriety, are expected to become clear only once she is formally arraigned. As with the other Parliament officials implicated, she is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.