CID and State House Anti-Corruption Unit open probe into Uganda Airlines, request financial records

In a letter dated 7 January addressed to Uganda Airlines CEO Jenifer Bamuturaki, the Criminal Investigations Directorate, working with the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, requested the airline's financial, procurement and banking records. According to the Daily Monitor, the inquiry concerns alleged abuse of office, embezzlement and false accounting, including contracts for Boeing aircraft and the London route launch. A spokesperson for the unit confirmed the investigation is genuine; the paper notes the inquiry does not in itself establish wrongdoing.