A health worker working at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital has been arrested for allegedly getting a Shs100,000 bribe from an expectant mother.
The Rwenzori West regional spokesperson, Ms Lydia Tumushabe said that police on Thursday arrested the nursing assistant working with Baylor Uganda attached to Fort Portal hospital after receiving reports that she had extorted Shs100,000 from a woman in labour.
“The relatives to Ms Kasande did not have the Shs100,000 so they started borrowing to raise the money that was paid to him. A concerned person decided to call police which came and arrested the suspect and on search, the exhibit of Shs75,000 was recovered,” said Ms Tumushabe.
However, while closing the Uganda national dialogue at Ruteete Sub County headquarters on Thursday, Kabarole District chairman Mr Richard Rwabuhinga said that the husband to the expectant mother is the one who called him and he alerted the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) who raised the money required and police followed up to arrest the suspect on receiving the money.
