KAMPALA . The Police Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) have widened its investigations into alleged procurement racket at the Ministry of Works and Transport.
This comes after the ministry Permanent Secretary Mr. Bageya Waiswa formally handed over certified documents to CID in the case against Commissioner for Transport Regulation and Safety, Mr Winstone Katushabe.
In a letter dated August 7, 2025, Mr Waiswa said he had complied with what police had earlier requested for.
“The purpose of this letter is to forward to you the documents you requested for your further management. All the documents are verified with my names and stamp of certification.” The letter, a copy of which seen by this publication reads in part
The crucial documents handed over to CID includes; procurement files, bid advertisements, evaluation reports, signed contracts, payment records, and employment histories of two ICT officers — Mr Brian Matsiko and Mr David Ruhinda— who were cited in the whistleblower petition of May 12,2023.
The documents are linked to procurement reference MOWT/NCONS/2019-2020/00006, a Shs 29.5 billion contract titled “Procurement of Archiving of Uganda Driving Permit Project Records Phase II, Archiving of Motor Vehicle Registration Records at URA, Remodelling of the Uganda Railway Main Station and URA Warehouse for Motor Vehicle Records Kampala.”
A whistleblower petition dated May 12, 2023, alleges that while the signed contract was worth Shs 29.4 billion, bid opening records show Face Technologies, the contractor, submitted a bid of Shs 24.9 billion, leaving an unexplained gap of nearly Shs 5 billion.
The petition also links Mr Katushabe to a Shs 3.6 billion contract for digital archiving in 2018/19 and at least four other direct procurements awarded to the same company in earlier years.
According to the documents, the whistleblower, Mr Ronald Amanyire, further accused the Commissioner of establishing a “parallel ICT unit” staffed with two officers on perpetual contract renewals, contrary to Public Service Standing Orders.
“The objective of this is to ensure everyone on implementation of these fraudulent contracts is under his direct supervision and control,” the petition reads in part.
CID has indicated that the case file will cover multiple financial years and track patterns of procurement under the transport regulation and safety docket.
The latest documents submitted to CID places Mr Katushabe at the centre of one of the most closely watched anti-corruption probes in recent years, as detectives move to reconcile the contested procurement contract .