By Editorial,
Security operatives from the Internal Security Organization and the Uganda Police Forces have raided a cement adulteration center in Tororo district, seizing over 700 bags of counterfeit cement and arresting five suspects in connection with the illegal operation.
Investigations revealed that private vehicles were being hired to transport fine dust from Busoga to Tororo, where it was mixed with genuine Tororo Cement.
Reports indicate that at the two stores, 50 kilograms of original cement were being diluted with 500 kilograms of fine dust before being sold across Tororo, Northern Uganda, Central Uganda, and even the Democratic Republic of Congo. The source further claimed that some senior security officers and district leaders reportedly visited the stores monthly to collect 400,000 shillings and 200 liters of fuel as “tokens” to allow the business to continue. END