Video: COVID-19: Two Ugandan Cops Caught Picking Money from Truck Drivers at Malaba Border Post

Two Ugandan cops have been arrested for reportedly soliciting bribes from truck drivers and exposing themselves to COVID-19 infections at Malaba border post, Chimp Corps report.

The officers were captured in a video footage now shared with this website.

The two officers attached to Malaba Border station who are allegedly seen in the video touching trucks’ door handles and collecting money from truck drivers  have been identified as No. 58976 PC Muwoya Fred and No. 62176 PC Masereka Steven.

“The two have been clearly identified, arrested and detained at Malaba Police station on charges of doing an act likely to cause spread of an infectious disease C/S 171 of PCA vide Malabe SD Ref: 30/25/04/2020 and disciplinary of discreditable conduct,” said an police source who spoke on condition of anonymity to protect his job.

Breaking News. Arrests as video on social media shows @PoliceUg officers reportedly picking money from truck drivers at Malaba border post. Details on https://t.co/dJ8U29pjHx pic.twitter.com/O9e5FN2Vsu

— Giles Muhame (@Gilespies) April 26, 2020

ChimpReports understands the officers are denying picking money but insist they were “checking whether trucks were carrying passengers as it has been the habbit of drivers.”

The development comes at a time Uganda is taking firmer steps to manage the movement of truck drivers some of whom have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days.

Some Kenyan and Tanzanian truck drivers have gone through Ugandan borders only for their tests to be confirmed positive while on the mainland.

This has undermined the country’s strategies aimed at combating the novel virus.

The cops’ actions will be seen as a big setback to the war on COVID-19.

Uganda has since maintained a lockdown, night curfew and suspended gatherings to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.

Police officials said inquiries into the incident  have commenced.