As investigators widened their probe into former Speaker Anita Among, tension remained high at Parliament today as detectives searched several key offices, including her chamber.
The operation, which began around 9:30 a.m., involved a convoy of at least 20 police detectives who split into teams and moved into the Speaker’s chamber, the Clerk’s office, the Parliamentary External Auditor’s office, and the Communications office.
Journalists were barred from accessing the affected areas.
Prominent city lawyer Caleb Alaka, who is leading Among’s defence team, arrived about 20 minutes after the search began and headed straight to the Speaker’s chamber.
By midday, offices on Parliament’s fifth floor that had already been searched, including the Speaker’s chamber, had been sealed off as crime scenes.
Security at Parliament remained heavy throughout the operation, with soldiers and police officers deployed at both entrances.
A number of MPs from the 11th and 12th Parliament were seen entering and leaving the premises, though most declined to speak to the media.
The search at Parliament comes as investigators enter the fourth day of operations linked to Among. Detectives have already searched properties associated with her in Nakasero, Kigo and Ntinda.
Security officials have not publicly commented on the investigation.
The investigations into alleged corruption, money laundering and illicit enrichment are continuing to widen.
Meanwhile, in a sweeping escalation of Uganda’s anti-corruption crackdown, President Museveni’s son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who serves as Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), has announced the launch of a ruthless anti-graft campaign dubbed “Operation Maliza Ufisadi” (Operation End Corruption).
The military chief’s declarations come on the heels of a high-profile corruption probe targeting outgoing Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, signaling a tectonic shift in the country’s political and security landscape.
Gen. Muhoozi revealed that the operation is already yielding significant results, with security agencies recovering massive amounts of illicitly acquired wealth.
In a stark warning that underscores the gravity of the new campaign, the CDF emphasized that his father had granted absolute clearance to the security forces to apprehend any official, regardless of their status.
Gen Muhoozi said that the President allowed this operation to arrest anybody in Uganda except the President and First Lady but everybody else in this country can be arrested.
Turning his focus to the capital city, Gen. Muhoozi leveled fierce criticism against previous administrators, attributing Kampala’s chronic infrastructure failures and perennial flooding directly to rampant embezzlement.
To rectify decades of mismanagement, Gen. Muhoozi announced a radical administrative overhaul noting that the entire financial pool dedicated to the capital’s infrastructure will now bypass traditional municipal channels and sit directly under his military portfolio.
SECURITY RAIDS PARLIAMENT, CORDONS OF SPEAKER’S OFFICE AS CDF MUHOOZI SAYS EVERYBODY CAN BE ARRESTED DESPITE OF HIS STATUS
