MP arrested for protesting against deteriorating hygiene at Kiruddu Hospital

Makindye East MP Allan Ssewanyana has been arrested after leading a protest to show concern over the deteriorating hygiene at Kiruddu Hospital.

The opposition MP was arrested when police foiled the protest.

People living around the hospital have raised concern over the continuous overflow of sewerage from the facility and its stench.

The problem has persisted for the last two years when patients from Mulago Hospital started receiving treatment from the facility.

The hospital, which was commissioned in 2016, cost an estimated US$10.3 million plus about $350,000 in supervisory fees to build.