by Dolapo Adelana
Police in Uganda on Saturday said a minister had been arrested for taking a bribe from a hotel owner, Reuters reports.
According to the police, the minister received the bribe after promising the hotelier that he would help him deal with sexual harassment accusations from one of his workers.
Police spokesman, Emilian Kayima, said junior minister for labour, employment and industrial relations, Herbert Kabafunzaki, was arrested shortly after taking a bribe of 5 million shillings ($1,385).
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He was arrested at a hotel in the capital Kampala, where Kabafunzaki had received the bribe.
The money was part payment of a total of 10 million shillings that he had demanded from a hotel owner who this week a female worker accused of harassing her for sex.
“He had promised to help him (hotel owner) sort out that issue,” Kayima said.
“He was arrested shortly after he had received the first instalment of 5 million shillings.”
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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