Uganda’s PM denies any knowledge of Irish aid fraud

Uganda’s prime minister has insisted he is not the person who allegedly misappropriated millions of euro in Irish Aid funding — saying lower level officials are responsible for donated money.

Speaking on RTÉ Radio’s This Week programme yesterday, Patrick Amama Mbabazi said “no money was ever paid to me” and that he “never handled money”.

Instead, the senior Ugandan politician — whose country has caused outrage after €12m-worth of aid from Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark went missing — said unnamed lower ranking staff were in charge of keeping track of the funds.