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Mbale Industrial Division Town Clerk Arrested as Minister Balaam Confronts Corruption at Central Market

26 August 2026

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Anthony Agripa

Mbale Industrial Division Town Clerk Arrested as Minister Balaam Confronts Corruption at Central Market

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Anthony Agripa

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26 August 2026

MBALE CITY – The Industrial Division Town Clerk, Mr. Geoffrey Mugisha, has been arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit following a heated public baraza chaired by Hon. Balaam at Mbale Central Market.

The arrest came immediately after vendors laid bare what they described as years of systematic corruption, harassment, and missing market revenue.

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