A manager employed at the Exim Bank Head Office has been detained at Luzira prison following allegations of embezzling 144.5 million shillings. The prosecution has claimed that during the period between November 23rd and December 2023, the individual in question, Ismail Kengo, who resides in Nalumunye, Wakiso District, misappropriated funds amounting to over 144 million shillings from the Exim Bank's Kampala District offices. These funds are alleged to be the property of the bank.

Upon being presented before Chief Magistrate Jalia Basajjabalaba at Buganda Road Court, Ismail Kengo refuted the accusations leveled against him.