By Emmanuel Eumu
Kole– Two people in Kole district have been arrested for allegedly tampering with the list of beneficiaries of the parish development model.
The duo was arrested on the orders of the Kole resident District Commissioner Josephine Omara Olili after discovering that Bosco Okello the PDM chairperson In charge Okwerodot parish PDM SACCO, together with his son Joshua Enyany, had allegedly connived and included ghost names on the authentic list of beneficiaries.
Another suspect identified as Eric Owera, the parish Sacco secretary was also arrested and is currently being detained at Kole central police station to aud investigation into the matter.
The arrest stemmed from the emergency meeting convened by the RDC Omara Olili at Okwerodot sub county headquarters following several complains from PDM SACCO members.
Morris Alanya, the council speaker of Okwerodot sub county, told the RDC Omara during the meeting about complaints from members regarding the adulteration of the list of beneficiaries.
“We had a few problems that we handled recently, but the new issue is that some people had included the names of non- members on the list of authentic beneficiaries without the approval of the group,” said Alanya.
The suspects are accused of including two people who were not beneficiaries.
RDC Omara Olili warned PDM SACCO Leaders against including names of non- beneficiaries on the list, describing it as illegal.
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