At least ten UWA officials detained at CID headquarters over primate-tracking permit fraud

At least ten senior Uganda Wildlife Authority officials were detained at CID headquarters in Kibuli after being questioned over alleged fraud in the sale of gorilla and chimpanzee tracking permits, Nile Post reported citing police sources. Detectives reportedly took servers and documents from UWA headquarters in Kamwokya; the article says an Auditor General forensic audit found losses of more than Shs9 billion over two years.