Three members of the Hoima City Service Commission have been arrested for alleged abuse of office and forgery.
The officials are Amir Nsamo, the Chairperson of Hoima City Service Commission, Ahamad Mugisa, the Principal Assistant Town Clerk, Donald Bategeka, and Ibrahim Bigabwa both members of the commission.
They were arrested on Monday by a team of detectives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit- SHACU.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson confirmed the arrest but declined to give more details about the arrest.
Mariam Natasha, the Senior Communications Officer at the State House Anti-Corruption Unit said that the suspects have been transferred to Kampala where they will be charged with various counts before the Anti-Corruption Court.
She says without divulging more details that the officials are accused of alleged abuse of office and altering results for the recently conducted interviews to fill the various vacant positions in Hoima City.
Recently authorities in Hoima City advertised for various existing vacant positions including teachers, health workers, and law enforcement officers among others.
This is not the first time Hoima City officials are being accused of abuse of office and corruption.
In March, three Hoima City Council staff were arrested and detained at Hoima city central police station for alleged abuse of office.
The officials were Ahimbisibwe, the Hoima City Clerk, Bonaventure Kiiiza, the City Engineer, and Physical Planner, Geoffrey Muhumuza. The officials were accused of approving a plan for a condemned building.
They reportedly approved the construction of a storied building on top of the condemned Cadam building along Old-Tooro Road in Hoima City in April 2022.
Then, a team of officials from the National Building Review Board-NBRB headed by Jafar Magezi, the head of enforcement discovered the anomalies upon inspection of the condemned structure after several complaints were raised by Hoima city residents.
The team directed the officials to immediately record statements with the police and halted the construction works with immediate effect.
Upon inspection and supervision of the facility, it was discovered that the developer had not submitted structural drawings to the Building Committee, which was contrary to the regulation.
The team also found the contractor using dilapidated construction materials including rusted and weak iron bars.
The condemned structure was being developed by Margaret Kyenkya, a tycoon in Masindi municipality who is currently based in the United States of America.
