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State House Anti-Corruption Unit releases report saying it tracked over Shs 250 billion in graft

Corruption & Abuse of Office Official claim Uganda (national) 23 Nov 2020 Severity: 1/5

Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema, head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, released the unit's second performance report, saying it had tracked over Shs 250 billion allegedly stolen and recovered Shs 23 billion. She said the unit's operations led to 240 arrests, 76 cases forwarded to the DPP and 24 convictions, and that it saved Shs 8.6 billion in the investigation of Covid-19 relief food procurement at the Office of the Prime Minister.

A national event, not tied to one district.

Official claim: These are the figures given by State House Anti-Corruption Unit (Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema); they could not be checked independently.

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