{"id":3074,"date":"2022-09-15T11:07:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vol.co.ug\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2022-09-15T11:36:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:36:41","slug":"lira-city-west-deputy-town-clerk-sentenced-to-six-months-over-shs-85m-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vol.co.ug\/index.php\/2022\/09\/15\/lira-city-west-deputy-town-clerk-sentenced-to-six-months-over-shs-85m-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Lira City west deputy town clerk sentenced to six months over Shs 85M debt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Isaac Okello (isaac.okello@vol.co.ug)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lira<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deputy Registrar of Lira High Court yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment, the deputy town clerk of Lira City West Division, Levy Omara over a debt of 85 million shillings which he obtained from a businessman, Franko Eriyao who is the proprietor of Good Lord Hard Ware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deputy Registrar of Lira High Court, Ssalamu Geoffrey Ngobi in his ruling said Omara will serve his sentence but could be released once he pays the debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Omara who was arrested yesterday appeared in court and was consequently taken to Lira Government Prison where he will serve his sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to report, Omara got the money to buy produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eriyao\u2019s lawyer, Innocent Omara said Levy Omara will pay the debt plus the court cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Isaac Okello (isaac.okello@vol.co.ug) Lira The deputy Registrar of Lira High Court yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment, the deputy town clerk of Lira City West Division, Levy Omara over a debt of 85 million shillings which he obtained from a businessman, Franko Eriyao who is the proprietor of Good<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5,4,30],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - 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