Uganda has decided to pay back to the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) donor account, the money that was lost to fraudsters in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi said it would be sourced elsewhere, but when convicted by the courts of law, the suspects would be punished and made to refund it.
He said the Police investigations into the fraud were ongoing and some people had already been interdicted.
Mbabazi was briefing the media on the actions that the Government was taking to restore confidence among development partners, following the loss of billions of shillings in the OPM.
The briefing was at his office on Friday.
It is reported that sh14b was diverted from the donor account of the PRDP to the Crisis Management and Recovery Account from where it was stolen.
Denmark, Ireland, Britain and Sweden contribute development aid to the PRDP account.
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