Statehouse Anti-Corruption Unit Arrest Masindi State Attorney Charles Bwiiso For Soliciting UGX3M Bribery To Cover Up Defilement Case
By Uganda Online Media
Kampala: The statehouse Anti-corruption(SH-ACU) unit has arrested the Resident State Attorney (RSA) Masindi Mr Charles Bwiiso for soliciting a bribe of 3m from persons in a case of defilement.
According to the unit, a case was reported at Masindi Police Station vide CRB 149/2022 Uganda Vs Alinaitwe Joseph but after more than ten days the suspect had never been arraigned before court.
In the meantime, the families of the suspect and the victim agreed to a settlement and reconciliation out of court and an agreement was written plus a request to Resident State Attorney to withdraw the case.
Upon receipt of that request, the RSA demanded a bribe of UGX 3M from the family of the suspect to close the file.
The family pleaded with him and asked to raise Uganda shillings 1.5m but in vain thus forcing them to report the matter to the statehouse anti-corruption unit prompting a team of detectives to rush to Masindi and laid a trap of UGX 1M which was delivered to the office of the RSA and duly received.
The RSA immediately wrote a letter to the District CID officer directing him to submit the file for further legal advice since the families had settled the issue out of court.
Upon delivery of the money, the RSA was arrested.
