The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court is set to hear the bail application of Mathew Bagonza, the head of the secretariat of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID), who is facing money laundering charges.
Bagonza is accused of transferring Shs171 million from PACEID to his personal bank account. He was charged last week and remanded to Luzira Prison.
Through his lawyers from Isabirye & Co. Advocates and Sebbowa & Co. Advocates, Bagonza is scheduled to appear before Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga today, September 25, for the hearing of his bail application.
A court notice addressed to Bagonza’s lawyers states that the application has been fixed for hearing at 2pm or soon thereafter at the Anti-Corruption Division in Nakasero, Kampala.
“Take notice that the above matter before Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga has been fixed for bail application hearing on the 25/09/2026 at 02:00pm or soon thereafter the case can be heard in the High Court of Uganda at the Anti-Corruption Division Nakasero, Kampala,” the notice reads.
The court further warned that if Bagonza or his lawyers fail to appear, the matter could be heard and determined in his absence.
Bagonza, who is also an aide to PACEID chairman Odrek Rwabwogo, was arrested on September 16 and detained at Entebbe before he was transferred to Kampala to face the charges.
His arrest and subsequent appearance in court come amid increased scrutiny of the management and utilisation of funds under PACEID, a presidential advisory body established to support Uganda’s export growth, industrial development and investment agenda.
The allegations against Bagonza remain subject to determination by court.
