The police are conducting a search in the respective homes of the three nabbed MPs, as Eagle Online can reliably report.
The three legalstors, who include Lwengo District Woman MP Cissy Namujju; Busiki County MP Paul Akamba; and Bunyole East county MP Yusuf Mutembuli were arrested yesterday when they went to record statements at the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) headquarters in Kibuli.
The MPs were quizzed and later detained at Kira Police Divisional Headquarters, where they spent a night. They were earlier today picked and driven to various locations, and according to sources, they were heading to their respective homes for a search.
The search is aimed at gathering more evidence for bribery and corruption charges that are allegedly levelled against them. The development comes at a time when Parliament is at the centre of controversy over corruption and bribery.
During the State of the Nation last week, President Museveni said: “I have been getting good information about corrupt actors among public servants but also among political actors. With some evidence, we shall crush these traitors.”
“I have been hearing, but now I have proof. I have been hearing from the Ministry of Finance; they arrange for accounting officers of ministries to come to parliament. Working with some people there to provide certain funds, provided you take a share, I didn’t believe it, but now I have proof,” Museveni said.
On May 30, 2024, the US government sanctioned Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and four other Ugandan officials for their involvement in significant corruption or gross violations of human rights.
According to Mathew Miller, the spokesperson of the US state department, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, is designated due to her involvement in significant corruption tied to her leadership of Uganda’s Parliament.
Former Minister of Karamoja Affairs Mary Goretti Kitutu, former Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs Agnes Nandutu, and Minister of State for Finance Amos Lugolobi are being designated due to their involvement in significant corruption related to conduct that misused public resources and diverted materials from Uganda’s neediest communities. All four officials abused their public positions for their personal benefit at the expense of Ugandans.
The leaked May 2022 resolutions of Parliament implicated the former Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Mathias Mpuuga, Commissioner Solomon Silwany, Prossy Akampurira, and Esther Afoyochan.
The document indicates that Mpuuga was awarded a one-off service payment of Shs 500 million, while three commissioners from the National Resistance Movement each received Shs 400 million. The biggest opposition party in Parliament, the National Unity Platform (NUP), resolved to recall Mpuuga as the Parliamentary Commissioner.
