President Museveni has today been briefed about the arrest of two senior officials in the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development who were taking bribes from investors, his Senior Press Secretary, Don Wanyama has said.
Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura told Museveni that Mike Ogwal, an economist and Godfrey Turyamuhika, a Commissioner, were picked by a team of his security officials on Monday after a tipoff from the victims.
They are now in custody awaiting trial on corruption charges in Courts of Law.
Museveni said, “I have been briefed by the police about the arrest of two senior officials of the Ministry of Finance who were taking bribes from investors.
“I commend the security agencies for acting swiftly. This is Kisanja Hakuna Mchezo and public servants who are in the business of taking bribes have been put on notice. They’ll be handled harshly under the law.
“These two officials will be charged soon since they were caught red-handed.
Museveni who was last year sworn in amid a tense environment, vowed to fight corruption and impose discipline on inefficient bureaucrats who are frustrating investors.
Uganda was ranked 139 out of 168 countries in Transparency International’s 2015 corruption index, and the anticorruption body’s latest data found that four in five Ugandans reported paying a bribe in the past year.
