Ugandan minister of labour arrested for taking bribe

A junior minister for labour, employment
and industrial relations in Uganda, Herbert
Kabafunzaki, has been arrested in Kampala
Serena Hotel shortly after taking a bribe of
5 million shillings ($1,385).
It was reported that the Ugandan minister,
who is also a member of parliament,
was arrested alongside his bodyguard
and one other person. He allegedly took
a bribe from the owner of the Hilton
Hotel after promising he would in
return help him deal with sexual
harassment accusations from one of his
workers.

The amount was part payment of total
of 10 million shillings that he had
demanded from Mohammed Hamid, the
hotel owner who a female worker
accused of harassing her for s*x.
“He had promised to help him (hotel
owner) sort out that issue. He was
arrested shortly after he had received
the first installment of 5 million
shillings,” Emilian Kayima, a police
spokesperson said.
According to Uganda Sunday Monitor,
Hamid is the boss at Aya Group, the
proprietors of the Hilton Hotel in
Kampala. One of his former employees
alleges that he sexually harassed and
molested her before she was summarily
sacked last year, prompting her to take
up the matter with the police.