Fraud at ‘very high level’ in Uganda is behind missing €4m aid

Fraud at a “very high level” in the Ugandan government resulted in €4m in emergency Irish aid disappearing, the Oireachtas was told.

Speaking to the Dáil foreign affairs committee, Irish Aid director Brendan Rogers said he did not believe the scandal involved the country’s prime minister.

Ireland suspended aid to the war-torn East African nation after a probe by Uganda’s auditor general found that €12m in aid from Dublin, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark was misappropriated within the prime minister’s office.