Uganda investigates corruption allegations in Hoima
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Nile Post
Ugandan authorities are investigating corruption allegations involving Hoima District Deputy Resident Commissioner Rogers Mbabazi and district chairperson Uthuman Mugisha. Police are collecting complaints from residents who accuse them, among other things, of charging for the settlement of land disputes, according to Nile Post.
Ugandan authorities have opened an investigation into allegations of corruption and abuse of office involving Rogers Mbabazi, deputy resident district commissioner of Hoima District, and Uthuman Mugisha, the district chairperson, Nile Post reports. Christopher Aine, deputy resident district commissioner of Hoima District, has invited the residents concerned to file their complaints at Kitoba police station.
Police have opened general investigation files to record the allegations, after several testimonies were collected during a public meeting organised by the Ugandan Inspectorate of Government at a Seventh-day Adventist church in Kikwite, Hoima. Rogers Mbabazi was arrested on Saturday during an anti-corruption campaign conducted in Kigorobya by the minister of local government, according to Nile Post.
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