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STEALING FROM THE POOR: OPM Officials Arrested For Inflating Posho & Beans Prices For Vulnerable Poor In COVID19 Era

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On Wednesday 8th April 2020, following a directive by His Excellency the President of Uganda, General Yoweri Museveni, the State House Anti-Corruption Unit acting under Article 99 (4) of the Constitution of Uganda, in liaison with the Criminal Investigation Directorate acting under Article 120 (3) (a) carried out a special investigation on the on-going COVID-19 related food procurement exercise in the Office of the Prime Minister, Preliminary findings have established that the accounting officers in the Office of the Prime Minister were inflating prices and rejecting lower price offers from various suppliers of maize flour and beans.

In this regard, the Permanent Secretary, Ms Christine Guwatudde Kintu, the Accounting Officer, Mr Joel Wanjala, the Assistant Commissioner Procurement, Mr Fred Lutimba and the Commissioner Disaster Management (Head COVID-19 Relief Management), Mr Martin Owor have all been arrested to help with the on-going investigation.

Further updates will be provided in due course.

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