Uganda: OPM Fraud - UK Suspends Aid

31 October 2012

Britain has joined Ireland in suspending aid to the Office of the Prime Minister over sh16.2b fraud.

A Department for International Development spokesman said: "We take these allegations extremely seriously and have already suspended UK aid to the Office of the Ugandan Prime Minister. We have set up an independent audit to investigate alleged fraud."

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