A detective told URN on condition of anonymity that Waswa was picked up on Wednesday evening on a tip-off from his colleagues who faulted him for issuing fake COVID-19 positive test results to a wanted person.
Razak Waswa, a senior
laboratory technologist attached to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital is in trouble for issuing forged COVID-19 results to a wanted murder suspect, Mathew Kirabo. Waswa is in custody
at Jinja Central police station awaiting prosecution.
A detective told URN on condition of anonymity
that Waswa was picked up on Wednesday evening on a tip-off from his colleagues who faulted him for issuing fake COVID-19 positive test results to a
wanted person.
Waswa
attempted to downplay the concerns of his
colleagues. Detectives have been dispatched to review Kirabo's medical
forms. Kirabo is wanted by Mukono
High Court where he is facing trial for the murder of his former girlfriend and
Makerere University medical student, Desire Mirembe and dumping her lifeless body in
a sugarcane plantation in Lugazi.
He has repeatedly skipped court hearings
without any explanation, which prompted the presiding judge to issue a warrant
for his arrest.
Dr. Florence
Tugumisirize, the Director Jinja Regional Referral Hospital has confirmed of her staff for forging COVID-19 test results but declined to divulge details.
Authorized police personnel
declined to comment on the matter citing its sensitivity.
