The Chairperson of Rakai District Service Commission, David Mpuuga has been remanded to Luzira prison by the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala on charges of soliciting and receiving a 20 million Shillings bribe to secure a job for an individual.

Mpuuga appeared before Grade One Magistrate Esther Asiimwe yesterday and court heard that in April 2024 while in Lumbugu Trading Center in Rakai, the suspect received 20 million Shillings from Moses Mujuzi proposing to secure a job for his son Julius Ssemyalo who sought a job of District Agricultural Officer.

According to the evidence presented to court, Mpuuga received the bribe in two phases, the first one he received Shs. 6 million and the second phase he received Shs.14 million.

While in court, Mpuuga denied the charges and Magistrate Esther Asiimwe remanded him to Luzira Prison until October 14, 2024 when he will return to court for case hearing.