Uganda: Chogm - Baku Says Amama Has No Case

Kampala — The Inspector General of Government has cleared Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi over allegations of influence peddling in the procurement of a Security Communication System for the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala.

Mr Mbabazi, who was security minister at the time, had been implicated by a May 2010 Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee report which recommended his prosecution over the deal awarded to Balton (U) Ltd at $5 million (about Shs11b) by the Chogm security sub-committee.

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