Police human resource commissioner remanded over alleged ghost recruits
It is alleged that between February and March 2023, while serving as Commissioner for Human Resource Management at the Uganda Police Headquarters in Naguru, Kampala district, Mugume and others, still at large, arbitrarily employed Lizzle Namulinda as an Inspector of Police.
Eldard Mugume, Commissioner Human Resource Management of Uganda Police Force in the dock at the Anti-corruption Court in Kampala on Wednesday, 13 August 2025. (Credit: Collem Mugume)
By Edward Anyoli and Michael Odeng
Journalists @New Vision
KAMPALA - A Commissioner for Human Resource Management in the Uganda Police Force has been remanded to Luzira Prison over charges of abuse of office.
Eldad Mugume, 58, was arraigned on Wednesday, August 13, before the Nakasero-based Anti-Corruption Court Grade One Magistrate, Esther Asiimwe, who remanded him until September 4, 2025.
After the charges were read out, Magistrate Asiimwe informed Mugume that she could not handle his bail application because she was not the trial magistrate in the case.
“I am unable to hear your bail application because I am not in charge of this case. My role today is simply to read you the charges and set another date, which is September 4,” Asiimwe said.
It is alleged that between February and March 2023, while serving as Commissioner for Human Resource Management at the Uganda Police Headquarters in Naguru, Kampala district, Mugume and others, still at large, arbitrarily employed Lizzle Namulinda as an Inspector of Police.
In the second count, it is alleged that Mugume, while serving as commissioner, together with others not yet charged, recruited one Lilly Birungi as an Inspector of Police.
The prosecution, led by Sam Ola, a Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, further alleges that between February and March 2013, at the Uganda Police Force Headquarters in Naguru, Kampala, Mugume and others recruited Jasper Ekyoheirwe for the position of Inspector of Police.
It is further alleged that Mugume, while employed by the Uganda Police Force, arbitrarily and fraudulently recruited Aisha Namukasa as an Inspector of Police.
According to the prosecution, Mugume and others still at large, in abuse of his office, arbitrarily recruited Eva Amumpaire as an Inspector of Police.
Additionally, the prosecution alleges that between February and March 2013, while serving as Commissioner for Human Resource Management, Mugume recruited Pearl Kainembabazi as an Inspector of Police. He denied the charges.
Ola informed the court that investigations into the matter are still ongoing and requested more time for the police to continue their inquiries, promising to update the court on the progress of the probe.