The Bukedea Resident District Commissioner, Wilberforce Tukei, and the District Police Commander SP Charles Okoto have been arrested over flaws that marred the recently concluded LC5 chairperson by-election.
The two officers who were arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit personnel commanded by Brig Gen Henry Isoke, are accused of superintending over the ballot stuffing and arrest of opponents in the by-election held on June 14, 2023.
Ms Miriam Natasha, the spokesperson for the Unit, confirmed the arrest, saying they are being held pending further investigation into the flaws that saw thousands of the people not able to exercise their right to vote as security and government officials voted on their behalf.
The inquest into the Bukedea LC5 by-election has been caused following the letter by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni dated June 26, 2023, to the head of the state house anti-corruption unit, Brig Gen Henry Isoke, to investigate the alleged irregularities that marred the June 14, 2023, Bukedea LC5 by-election.
The arrest brings the total of arrested persons in the district over related charges, to eight.
The first to be arrested are Alex Enguloit, the head of crime intelligence at Bukedea CPS, Simon Onesmus Akankwasa, Simon Peter Oriokot, Difas Kamakoin, Born Naibei, all police officers attached at Bukedea Central Police Station.
The sixth person, Daniel Malinga, a councillor for Emokor ward in Bukedea town council, was arrested on Friday.
