Foreign Affairs Ministry Recalls Diplomatic Staff Implicated For Plotting Cash Theft

The ministry of Foreign Affairs has recalled Diplomatic staff at the Uganda embassy in Denmark implicated for plotting cash theft on zoom to pave way for investigations.

This follows a Daily Monitor article revealing how the officers convened a Zoom meeting and discussed how to share government money they were not able to spend during the 2019/20 financial year that ended in June.

The diplomats at the embassy in Copenhagen allegedly sat with their junior staff and agreed to share the money.

According to the article, in the clip the diplomats are heard discussing how they would raise funds to bribe auditors who would certainly find what one of them described as “jumbled funds” at the mission.

In a statement released yesterday, the ministry of Foreign Affairs said in consultation with the Permanent Secretary, Secretary to the Treasury and the Auditor general will conduct a thorough investigation into this matter.

Below is the full statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At the end of each financial year, government institutions are required by law to return all unused balances to the Treasury in Kampala.