President Yoweri Museveni has sent three senior government officials on forced leave for six months because he wants a clean investigation into money meant for Uganda’s national CCTV camera system.
On 23 May 2026 Museveni wrote to the Head of Public Service, Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye, after getting a report from Major General Kahinda Otafiire about corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in the Uganda Police.
The problem is about the maintenance of police surveillance cameras that were installed to fight crime.
Years ago Museveni arranged for Chinese tech company Huawei to supply and install road cameras across Uganda. When Huawei was hit by US and EU sanctions in 2019, it could no longer handle the work directly.
So the Ministry of Internal Affairs picked a local Ugandan company called Dealan Associates Limited to take over maintenance and repairs.
Dealan is owned by Ugandan scientists and was chosen by the ministry for that job. The Ministry of Finance later released Shs31.37 billion to pay Dealan Associates for the maintenance work. But the company still did not receive the money.
According to Museveni’s directive, ministry officials blocked the payment and, through a middleman named Hassan Serunjoji, demanded bribes from the contractor before they would release the funds.
To protect the investigation and stop interference, Museveni ordered immediate administrative action. He directed that Lt Gen Joseph Musanyufu, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Aggrey Wunyi, the Undersecretary, go on forced leave for six months while the State House Anti-Corruption Unit finishes its probe.
He also ordered senior police officer AIGP Felix Baryamwitsaki to step aside temporarily for the same reason.
Museveni instructed that an acting Permanent Secretary be appointed so the ministry can keep running. He further said Hassan Serunjoji should face criminal charges if the evidence proves he demanded kickbacks.
At the same time, he told government to pay Barbra Katisi of Dealan Associates Limited the money owed for the CCTV maintenance work. The forced leave is meant to give investigators space to establish the facts without the officials being in office.
