Uganda’s State Minister for Labour, Herbert Kabafunzaki who is accused of bribery was on Wednesday afternoon granted bail by the country’s Anti-Corruption Court in the capital, Kampala.
As part of the bail conditions, the minister was ordered to hand over his diplomatic passport and land title to court as one of his bail conditions.
The minister was arrested from Serena Hotel in Kampala on Saturday April 8, for allegedly soliciting a 30 million Shillings bribe from Hamid Muhammed, the proprietor of AYA Group of Companies.
Kabafunzaki allegedly solicited the bribe to help Hamid clear his image following a complaint of sexual harassment filed by one of his former employees at the Nakasero based Hilton Hotel. The employee had lodged the complaint with both police and with Kabafunzaki, in his capacity as the labour minister.
Kabafunzaki was on Tuesday charged with two counts of corruption contrary to Section 2(a) and Section 26 of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2009, and one count of conspiracy contrary to Section 390 of the Penal Code Act.
The minister, who is also the Rukiga County MP, was charged alongside two others; Mr Brian Mugabo, 21, his political assistant and Mr Bruce Lubowa, 42, an interior designer in Wakiso District.
