By Our Reporter
30th June 2021
The in-charge of Mwizi Health Center III in Rwamapara District has been arrested for allegedly stealing Covid-19 Rapid Testing Kits.
Fredrick Byanyima was arrested this Wednesday morning by Resident District Commissioner Emmy Katera Turyabagyenyi.
By press time, he was detained at Nyeihanga Police Post in Rwampara district Western Uganda.
Rwampara district received 1,300 Rapid testing kits from the ministry of Health and was distributed to four health facilities. They are Kinoni health centre IV, Ndeija health centre III, Bugamba health centre II and Mwizi Health Center III.
According to Katera, Mwizi Health Centre III received only 250 kits packed in 10 packets.
He adds that his office is investigating the whereabouts of three missing packets.
He says that records at the store indicate that the three packets containing 100 testing kits were purportedly issued on Friday by Byanyima to Charles Mugisha a health officer at the district health department.
Katera says that the signature of the Health officer was forged as the recipient of the kits.
This arouse after several complaints from residents of not being tested despite the sub-county receiving the testing kits.
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