Top Traffic Police Bosses Face Jail Over EPS Funds

Total panic and fear has rocked the department of traffic police after information leaked that some senior officers may soon be arrested and prosecuted before Anti Corruption for swindling Express Penalty scheme money, Spyreports has exclusively learnt.
According to information obtained by Spyreports reports, top traffic bosses who seat at traffic headquarters in Natete formed an application which they used to remove EPS tickets given by motor cyclists and taxi drivers after receiving heavy bribes from them.
According to traffic when an EPS ticket is issued, the driver or rider is supposed to pay money on the account of Uganda Revenue Authority.
"Some officers especially  from IT department of traffic created an application which they used to remove EPS tickets issued by police after getting heavy bribes.
" when we checked in our system, millions of EPS tickets were removed yet there was no money on URA account,"  says a senior police officer.
He added that according to financial reports EPS tickets worth over 800m were cleared yet there was no money on the account.
"We all got shocked when we were informed that over 800m from EPS were missing yet we thought the system was harder," Says another high ranking police officer.
The source says, the directorate of Crime Intelligence launched a serious investigation on the directives of IGP to have the culprits arrested and prosecuted.
"We found out that some officers had created an application which they used to remove EPS tickets from the system which is criminal according to the laws," Says an insider in crime intelligence.
The source says that some officers were identified and handed over the report to IGP who instructed the department of Professional Standards Unit for further management.
When contacted Direct Traffic and Road Safety Afande Lawrence Nuwabiine he confirmed the investigations.
"It us true some officers chewed EPS ticket funds and what I can tell you they are under investigations by PSU and soon the final report will be released.
However Mr Nuwabiine did not reveal their particulars saying that investigations are still on going.
However our sources say some of the implicated, officers have been removed from traffic in the last week police reshuffle.