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Police arrest seven, including Mukono district councillor, over alleged voter bribery with sugar in Katosi

Electoral Malpractice Official claim Mukono 6 Jan 2026 Severity: 2/5

According to a police statement, police arrested seven people, among them a Mukono District woman councillor, at a guest house in Katosi Town Council on suspicion of voter bribery. Police allege the suspects were packing sugar in packets that contained posters of Nsubuga Kenneth Ssegabayunga, the Democratic Party candidate for Mukono North, and said the suspects were in custody while investigations continued.

Official claim: These are the figures given by Uganda Police Force (Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson SP Racheal Kawala); they could not be checked independently.

Numbers

7 arrested or detained

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