By Angel Lubowa
MPIGI
The LC 5 chairman of Mpigi district and two members of the district service commission who were arrested last week have been charged and remanded.
The group was arrested by the State House Anti corruption unit (SHACU) working together with the Uganda police and office of the DPP following Investigations.
Mr. Ssejjemba Martin the LC 5 chairperson , Mr. Kirumira Fredrick the Chairperson of the district service commission and Ms Nakamoga Sarah, the Secretary appeared before the Mpigi chief magistrate’s court over demanding money by menaces from job applicants within the district.
They all denied the charges and were remanded until 8th July 2025.
It’s alleged that the District Service Commission has been selling jobs, with applicants being required to pay bribes ranging from UGX 50,000 and 15 million in order to be considered for employment.
Their arrest followed a directive from His Excellency Y.K Museveni, the President who, during his Parish Development Model (PDM) monitoring tour in the Greater Mpigi area on June 17, 2025, received complaints regarding widespread corruption in the Mpigi District recruitment process and ordered Brig Gen Henry Isoke, Head Of SHACU
to arrest district officials involved in the alleged selling of government jobs.
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