The Uganda Prisons Service has refuted claims that the National Resistance Movement (NRM), MPs remanded to Luzira on corruption charges were recently secretly taken to State House to meet President Museveni.
Via his X (formerly Twitter) platform, lawyer Nicholas Opiyo alleged that two NRM MPs had been whisked away from detention to meet Museveni at State House for reasons he said had been unclear.
However, Prisons spokesperson Frank Baine said in a statement yesterday that Opiyo’s claims were false and unfounded.
The Prisons mouthpiece maintained that Opiyo’s allegations are clearly intended to mislead the public for personal reasons, and that they should be totally disregarded.
It should be remembered that four NRM legislators were arrested and remanded to Luzira last month on corruption charges.
The arrested legislators included; Busiki County Member of Parliament Paul Akamba, Cissy Namujju the Lwengo Woman MP, Igara East MP Michael Mawanda and Elgon County Legislator Ignatius Mudimi.
The legislators, who remain in custody, allegedly tried to persuade the chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission to inflate the organisation’s 2024/25 budget, in return for a 20-percent kickback.
