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State House Anti-Corruption Unit Leads Crackdown as Lugazi Municipality Official Remanded Over Selling of Government Jobs

Ssemaganda Moses Hope
By Ssemaganda Moses Hope


State House Anti-Corruption Unit Leads Crackdown as Lugazi Municipality Official Remanded Over Selling of Government Jobs
State House Anti-Corruption Unit Leads Crackdown as Lugazi Municipality Official Remanded Over Selling of Government Jobs

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Mukono, Uganda — The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU) has taken the lead in a major anti-graft operation that has seen Mugerwa Ronald Saaku, the Probation and Welfare Officer of Lugazi Municipality, charged and remanded over allegations of selling government jobs.


 

Working jointly with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), SH-ACU arraigned Mugerwa before the Mukono Chief Magistrate’s Court on charges of obtaining money by false pretense and conspiracy to defraud. He has been remanded until October 21, 2025, as investigations continue.


Prosecution alleges that between January and June 2025, Mugerwa conspired with Dr. Wataba Saadi, the Lugazi Municipal Medical Officer, and Sekikubo Mubarak, an LCIII representative from Nakisunga Sub-County — both still at large — to defraud Dr. Mukisa George William of UGX 38 million. The accused reportedly promised to secure him a Medical Officer job in Mukono District through “facilitation” of members of the Mukono District Service Commission (DSC).


 

Criminal summons have been issued for Dr. Wataba Saadi, while further investigations into other related cases involving the same suspects and additional DSC members are ongoing.


 

The case originated from a whistleblower complaint received on July 7, 2025, by SH-ACU, exposing corruption and bribery in the Mukono District Service Commission’s recruitment process. It was reported that several DSC officials were soliciting money from applicants in exchange for government appointments.


 

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has repeatedly warned District Service Commissions against selling jobs, stressing that such corruption undermines the merit system and cripples public service delivery.


 

The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has vowed to intensify its nationwide crackdown on officials involved in job-for-sale syndicates, reaffirming its commitment to restoring integrity in public service recruitment.


 

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