SINGIDA, July 5 -- A total of six public servants in Singida Region have been arraigned before the Singida Resident Magistrates Court on various counts, including abuse of office, causing loss to a public authority, money laundering, using false documents and uttering false documents, involving a cumulative loss of 273.5m/-.

The accused appeared in three separate criminal cases filed on June 30, 2026, all linked to alleged irregularities in procurement and construction projects at Singida Regional Referral Hospital.

In the first case (Criminal Case No. 14688/2026), Frank Nkuba Meza, an Accounts Officer and Secretary to the Construction Materials Store Management Committee at the hospital, was charged with abuse of office, causing loss t...