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Uganda's VP, Foreign Minister Named in Corruption Probe

   VOA News 08 June 2010

   Uganda's  public  prosecutor  says  the  country's  vice president and
   foreign minister are subjects of an ongoing corruption probe.
   Vice  President  Gilbert  Bukenya  and Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa are
   among  several  top government officials listed as under investigation
   for abuse of public funds. Â
   Both  are  implicated  in  the  theft  of  up  to $27 million that was
   reported  missing  during  Uganda's  hosting  of the 2007 Commonwealth
   heads of state summit. Â
   Uganda  began  investigating  the  missing  funds  after Western donor
   countries  threatened  to slash aid if the country did not get serious
   about curtailing widespread corruption.
   A  Ugandan  parliamentary panel concluded in a probe earlier this year
   that  several ministers were guilty of using public funds for personal
   gain.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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