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A presidential assistant and four clerical staff in the Office of the President are being held for questioning as part of a wider investigation into alleged corruption at State House and the Office of the President.

Monitor could not readily identify the clerical staff who are being held for questioning, but the presidential assistant in question has been identified as Mr Michael Christopher Ayeranga, who is in charge of mobilisation in Bunyoro Sub-region.

Mr Faruk Kirunda, President Museveni’s deputy press secretary, confirmed the arrest this week, but declined to give further details.

“Mr Ayeranga is being held for questioning, but I do not have full details about what he is being accused of. You will have to contact the police for those details,” Mr Kirunda said during a telephone interview.

Mr Kituuma Rusoke, the spokesperson of the Uganda Police Force, had by press time not gotten back to the Monitor with details around the cause of the arrest.

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