ARUA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two individuals have been apprehended for attempting to bribe the Officer-in-Charge of the Criminal Investigation Division (OC CID) at the Arua District Central Police Station in Odumi, in an effort to evade investigation into a murder case. The suspects, identified as Annet Ajikia and Brian …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Senior Procurement Officer for Yumbe district, Taban Kana, and Siraj Anule, an official of Miribe Foundation Limited, have been arrested for soliciting a bribe from a contractor. They have been arrested by detectives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit and the Police Criminal Investigations …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker Anita Among dismissed claims that each Member of Parliament is going to receive Shs100 million as a bribe for passing the supplementary budget worth Shs3.5 trillion budget. Among said the claims were diversionary, and a strategy used by politicians who are in a bad …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three employees of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS have been charged for soliciting a bribe. According to the prosecution, John Sanyu a Material Analyst, Elisa Bawabya, and David Okeny both Material Engineers engaged in corruption, contrary to section 2 (a) and 26 (1) …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Danson Nahurira a Credit Officer with Post Bank Mbarara Branch for allegedly receiving an inducement of 500,000 Shillings. Nahurira was arraigned before Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Esther Asiimwe on Friday and charged with one count …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Association of Prosecutors (UAP), an umbrella body that links all prosecutors across the country is protesting the arrest of Edwin Mbabazi, the Kabale District State Attorney over allegations of receiving a small bribe of 125,000 Shillings. Mbabazi was arrested on Thursday by a team of …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Professional Standard Unit-PSU in Aswa River region has suspended a police detective for taking 600,000 Shillings bribe to grant police bond to a criminal suspect. Corporal David Oringa, the Officer In-charge of the Criminal Investigations Department (OCCID) at Gulu University police post is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rules Committee of Parliament has summoned the Leader of Opposition Mathias Mpuuga together with the Bukoto South Member of Parliament, Twaha Kagabo to explain the source of the 40 million Shillings that “they have been throwing around.” The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among directed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six police constables in Kampala are in trouble after being caught on the security cameras receiving what seemed to be a bribe. The six policemen from Kawempe police division are in the custody at the police professional standards unit. The suspects are police constables Eric …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A two-year-old child has died at Arua Regional Referral Hospital after a nurse demanded a bribe before carrying out an operation. Paul Wamala, a nurse attached to the theatre allegedly solicited a 210,000 Shillings bribe. The incident happened on Saturday, after Aron Nabil, a two-year-old …
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