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President Museveni directs arrest of all involved in fraud scam linked to government programmes

Corruption & Abuse of Office Single source Uganda (national) Nov 2020 (day not reported) Severity: 1/5

According to ChimpReports, President Yoweri Museveni met victims of a scam in which they lost billions of shillings in the name of benefiting from government programmes, and directed that everyone involved be arrested. The State House Anti-Corruption Unit, which arranged the meeting, has named a Skilling Uganda coordinator, a presidential advisor and a city pastor among the officials it links to the scheme; a pastor at the centre of the scam had earlier been arrested and remanded.

A national event, not tied to one district.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

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