Embattled Lwengo district woman MP, Cissy Namujju, Busiki County MP Paul Akamba and Bunyole East county MP Yusuf Mutembuli have been granted bail.
The three were granted Shs 50 million cash bail, while each of their survivors received 100 million non-cash.
They were slapped with stringent measures, which included depositing their passports with the court.
The three were last month committed to the High Court for trial following the conclusion of investigations into the matter.
Akamba was in June 2023 granted Shs 13 million after spending two days at Luzira prison.
The three were nabbed on June 10, 2024, after they had been summoned to record statements about corruption-related allegations. The group was quizzed and later detained at Kira Police Divisional Headquarters, where they spent two nights.
They were later arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro and charged with corruption and influence peddling.
The prosecution alleges that while at Hotel African on May 13, 2024, the three solicited a bribe from the executive director of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, Mariam Wangadya, to enhance the commission’s 2024/25 budget. The group would take 20% of the enhanced budget.
The trio pleaded not guilty and was subsequently remanded to Luzira Prison. Their arrest followed President Yoweri Museveni’s remarks revealing that there is a racket of people in the ministry of finance and parliament taking bribes to approve the budgets of various government agencies.
