President Yoweri Museveni has given the oil company, Tullow Uganda Limited, three days to explain reports that it considered paying him $50m (about sh130b) to meet his "short term needs and demands."
The President said the false statements had greatly injured his reputation. Museveni communicated his demands to Tullow Uganda Ltd through his lawyers, Kiwanuka and Karugire Advocates, in a letter dated March 19, 2013 addressed to the company's chief executive officer.
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