Museveni Fires Six Engineers Over Corruption in Road Projects

What the report says

Nile Post reports that President Yoweri Museveni has dismissed six engineers from the Ministry of Works and Transport over alleged corruption connected to major road works, among them the Busega–Mpigi Expressway. The disclosure was made in Parliament’s Committee on Physical Infrastructure, chaired by Mwine Mpaka, where Works and Transport Minister Fred Byamukama had appeared to answer issues raised in the Auditor General’s report for the 2024/25 financial year.

According to the report, MPs pressed Byamukama to identify officials blamed for delays and suspected misconduct on projects including the 23.7-kilometre Busega–Mpigi Expressway. The minister said government action had already begun, citing the interdiction of Permanent Secretary Waswa Bageya and statements being recorded by some engineers before the Inspectorate of Government. Byamukama said he had seen a presidential letter dismissing six engineers, including some present at the committee, over projects such as Busega–Mpigi, Mubende–Fort Portal and Masaka–Mutukula.

Nile Post says the engineers were not named by the minister by press time, and the revelation caused unease among officials who had accompanied him to Parliament. Byamukama indicated that the ministry would cooperate with investigative agencies and would not protect staff implicated in corruption.

The development follows an earlier presidential directive, reported by Nile Post as issued in June 2026, asking Inspector General of Government Justice Aisha Naluzze to investigate alleged financial mismanagement on the Busega–Mpigi Expressway. The article says that directive named engineers Edwin Raymond Kiyaga, Dickens Ahimbishe and Patrick Mulema for suspension pending investigations. The expressway, funded by about Shs600 billion from the African Development Bank, had reportedly reached roughly 40 percent completion at that time.