{UAH} Ugandan officials suspended over alleged refugee funds fraud

Ugandan officials suspended over alleged refugee funds fraud

Published on 07.02.2018 à 14h21 by APA News

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Four officials in the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda have been interdicted, following a complaint of gross abuse of South Sudan refugees in Ugandan camps by the United Nations.They are Apollo Kazungu, the commissioner for refugees, Walter Omondi, a refugee desk officer, John Baptist Sentamu a former camp commandant, and Francis Nkwasibwe, a registration officer.

This arose from a letter by UN resident coordinator Rosa Malango alleging "gross mismanagement, fraud and corruption in Ugandan refugees operations, numerous theft of relief items for refugees and misapplication of government land for themselves, allegations of trafficking minor girls and married women to men not of their choice and interference in refugee elections and community leaders by staff of Department of Refugees" headed by Apollo Kazungu, the commissioner for refugees.

According to Malango, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and World Food Programme (WFP) were undertaking internal audits of their Uganda operations over the claims.

The European Union has already opened investigations into allegations of corruption in its refugee assistance programmes in Uganda. 

A statement from the head of European Union Delegation in Uganda confirmed that it has formally submitted the case to the EU's anti-fraud office (OLAF) for investigation.

OLAF investigates a wide range of suspected wrongdoings from embezzlement, fraudulent claims and misconduct in public procurement procedures, to customs fraud.

Uganda hosts about two million refugees from mainly South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Rwanda, Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia.

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