Arrested NRM MPs Taken For Search In Their Homes On Handcuffs – Details Leak On The Multi-Billion Corrupt Deals And Their Mansions Abroad , Range Rovers

The arrested three MPs; Bunyole West MP Yusuf Mutembuli, Lwengo DWR Cissy Namujju and Busiki County MP Paul Akamba have been driven to different directions in what sources say is to have their respective residences searched.

The trio were yesterday detained at the CID headquarters on suspection of corruption cases.Police detectives have driven MPs Cissy Namujju, Yusuf Mutembuli and Paul Akamba to their homes on Entebbe Road, Mukono and Naalya respectively for a thorough house search as part of the investigations into the acts of corruption.

The lawmakers are suspected of coniving with officials from the Ministry of Finance to steal public funds.

“I have been hearing that from the Ministry of Finance, they collude with the accounting officers of ministries to come to Parliament working with some people there (Parliament) to provide certain funds, provided you take a share.I didn’t believe this but now I have proof,” said President Museveni on Thursday.

The President said the corrupt syndicate should expect serious consequences.Mutembuli serves as Parliament’s Legal Committee Vice chairperson, while Cissy Namujju is the Lwengo Woman MP. Akamba represents Busiki County in Parliament.

The MPs were on Monday evening transferred from the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID) headquarters in Kibuli, where they were interrogated for a full day, to Kira Division police for detention.

Officials said the 3 detained MPs will appear before the Anti-Corruption court on Wednesday for trial.

“The Investigation has gone to the homes of the honorables (MPs) and our teams are already at their homes,” said a source, adding, “We expect more suspects to be invited to record statements.”

Two of the accused MPs are wanted over their roles in the Budget Committee of Parliament that they were previously members of. One of the legislators reportedly had some underhand dealings with some Kenyans during the processing of the Petroleum Supplies Amendment Bill in November 2023.

Another lawmaker is said to have collected huge sums of money from various government agencies while still serving as a member of the Budget committee.

How It Started

The summoning, quizzing and detention of the MPs followed President Museveni’s state of the nation address on Thursday, where he said he had evidence against corrupt officials in Parliament and the finance ministry.

Museveni asked MN whether those found to be involved in corrupt practices (transactional budgeting) should be given amnesty, but the MN answered in unison with a resounding “noon…”This prompted the President to agree to proceed with legal action against the “dishonest” individuals intentionally engaged in corruption.

The President said legislators were colluding with accounting officers to allocate public resources in exchange for kickbacks. Although he did not mention names of the suspects, a tough talking Museveni said the evidence confirmed the long-standing rumours of graft in the annual appropriation of taxpayers’ money.

He likened such individuals to traitors and suggested that some corrupt officials might need “counselling” if their wrongdoings were unintentional.The President is said to have ordered CID to record statements from the implicated officials to have them prosecuted.

Museveni urged MPs to stop altering the budget and only make recommendations, emphasising that the budget was his responsibility.The President said another source of corruption has been “the fundraising that is borne mainly by opportunistic politicians who are overanxious to please their electorate by pledging money for fundraising that they do not have.”

Museveni said: “We are due to meet to resolve this diversion.” He said fundraising is “part of the pressure that makes leaders make mistakes.”

Still, in the context of corrupt officials, the President argued that a distinction is made “between mistake makers and dishonest people”, saying the latter are worse.

“The dishonest and traitors are the ones we are targeting. For the mistake makers, we can cancel them and make them know how to do things — because if we are to punish all mistake makers, we would have nobody to work with,” Museveni said.