SAM KUTEESA ACCUSED OF BRIBERY IN NEW YORK COURT,MUSEVENI ORDERS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S INTERVENTION

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In Kampala

President Yoweri Museveni yesterday revealed to the media that he spoke to the Foreign Minister Hon Sam Kahamba Kutesa about the bribery case, in which he is implicated by a Court in New York City.

Kutesa is accused of receiving a $500000 bribe from a Former Hong Kong Home Affairs minister Patrick Ho, who needed to secure business dealings in Uganda in the transport sector, fishing, hydro-energy, banking and finance among others.

According to prosecutors, Mr. Ho also asked Kuteesa, who at the time was serving as the President of the United Nations General Assembly to help his organization get business openings in the UN.

While addressing press at the Presidents Office on corruption matters, Museveni revealed that Mr Kuteesa approached him about the case at the end of last week.

President Yoweri Museveni is also mentioned in the same case, to have allegedly received another $500000 from Ho, as well as the President Idriss Deby of Chad who allegedly received $2million.

President Museveni allegedly received the bribe in form of acampaigndonation when he was running for reelection in 2016.

Last week,the former Hong Kong Minister was found guilty by the New York Court.

Responding to these allegations yesterday, Museveni said he had instructed the Ugandan concerned authorities to look into the allegations, stressing however, that Uganda would handle them as an independent nation.

President Museveni said that Kutesa told him that the money was meant for charity but was not a bribe as alleged.

The President said he had sinceaskedthe Office of the Attorney General to follow up Kutesas claims.

“If it was for charity, was it delivered to the charity?, We are going to find out,” Museveni noted.

Officials from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who were investigating the case, traveled to Uganda and it is alleged that they found out that Kuteesas charity organizationwas non-existent.

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