Trouble for Atuhura started after he was sacked for allegedly announcing that the Omukama of Bunyoro, Solomon Gafabusa Iguru had reshuffled his cabinet and appointed Harriet Businge Mugenyi as first deputy Prime Minister, the first woman to hold the position in the history of the monarch.
Christine Iga, the deputy Inspectorate Officer Hoima says that the arrest of Byarugaba follows several complaints brought against him for allegedly inflating costs of contracts and favoring specific contractors.
