Uganda: Use of Funds in OPM Explained

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There has been a lot of misinformation fed to the Ugandan public by the media to the effect that over UGX 50bn of Donor funds which was meant for the people of Northern Uganda under the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) was misappropriated.

It is my duty to set the record clear that the Forensic Audit that was conducted by the Auditor General on request by the Permanent Secretary Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) established that out of this amount, about UGX 38billion was the donor component of the funds released by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED).

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