Police arrest treasury officials over Bank of Uganda heist
Central bank said it has recovered more than $8 million of $16.9 million in diverted payments
Police have arrested staff from Uganda’s finance ministry in relation to the 62 billion shillings ($16.9 million) diverted from the central bank last year.
In a press release on February 4, the finance ministry said the officials had been “summoned and detained by the Criminal Investigations Department to facilitate conclusion of the investigations”.
Agence France-Presse reported that the police had confirmed that nine officials were detained, including accountant-general Lawrence Semakula.
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