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CID and State House unit open corruption probe into Uganda Airlines

Corruption & Abuse of Office Verified Uganda (national) 7 Jan 2026 Severity: 2/5

Daily Monitor reported that the CID, working with the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, wrote to Uganda Airlines' CEO on 7 January 2026 requesting financial, procurement and ticketing records in an investigation into alleged abuse of office, embezzlement and false accounting. A unit spokesperson confirmed the letter was genuine. An earlier Auditor-General special audit, reported in 2025, had flagged about USD 9.2 million in passenger service fees with no evidence of banking.

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