vers ies ▁ ▁Y ama ▁was ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁Public ▁Pro sec utor ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁amid ▁alleg ations ▁of ▁mis con duct ▁which ▁included , ▁" im pro per ▁application ▁and ▁failure ▁to ▁acqu it ▁E DF ▁and ▁other ▁public ▁funds , ▁conflict ▁of ▁interest , ▁using ▁his ▁position ▁to ▁obtain ▁private ▁a ▁[ s ic ] ▁bank ▁loan ▁and ▁attempting ▁to ▁purchase ▁ 2 ▁ships ▁from ▁the ▁government ▁below ▁market ▁price ". ▁ ▁The ▁matter ▁was ▁then ▁referred ▁to ▁a ▁leadership ▁trib unal , ▁which ▁investig ates ▁alleg ed ▁cases ▁of ▁mis con duct ▁by ▁minister s ▁and ▁senior ▁public ▁officials , ▁and ▁which ▁recommended ▁the ▁dismiss al ▁of ▁Y ama ▁from ▁his ▁office ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁This ▁decision ▁was ▁ultimately ▁over turn ed ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁due ▁to ▁ins u fficient ▁evidence ▁on ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁counts . ▁Y ama ▁was , ▁however , ▁f ined ▁K 1 0 0 0 ▁for ▁having ▁been ▁bi ased ▁in ▁his ▁distribution ▁of ▁P G K 1 . 6 ▁million ▁under ▁the ▁R ural ▁Transport ▁Development ▁Program ▁to ▁his ▁then ▁Sum kar ▁elect or ate . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Y ama ▁issued ▁a ▁compla int ▁against ▁the ▁State ▁for ▁P G K 3 8 . 7 ▁million , ▁alleg ing ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁prevent ed ▁access ▁to ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁land ▁le ased ▁to ▁him ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁Att orney