Parliament Police CID reportedly detains two officials over digital number plate cost figures

According to The Observer, Parliament Police's Criminal Investigations Department reportedly apprehended Moses Bekabye, a technical adviser at the Ministry of Finance, and Nathan Negesa, a principal secretary in the Office of the President. The committee accused them of failing to give a credible breakdown of the Shs 714,300 plate cost and of misrepresenting a benchmarking exercise; committee chair Mwine Mpaka said information given to the committee had been generated with artificial intelligence, and Negesa acknowledged using AI and revised a figure.