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Museveni defends
`fake’ gold dealer
President snubs IGG, DPP, and
Financial Crimes Unit
By Haggai Matsiko
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its volumes of exports, according to informed sources, valued at
over Shs. 2 trillion over the last two years. So it is not surprising
that there are many powerful individuals and institutions
pushing to get a bit of the action.
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individuals, government gold trade in 2009 by the United Nations ĵȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ
agencies, and the country, ȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȱȱ
ȱ¢ȱǯȱȱȱȱ issues in Congo and in 2005, the ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ĵȱ
ȱĴȱȱȱȱȱ International Court of Justice in The Hague ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ
the centre of it all; Belgian ruled that Uganda should pay the DRC ȱ ȱȱ ȱǻ Ǽȱ
ȱȱȱ ĵǰȱȱȱȱ US$10 billion in reparations for plundering over alleged malpractices; the Financial
character in international gold trade circles ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ Intelligence Authority (FIA) over suspected
and is under investigation by a United President Museveni’s brother Salim money-‐‑laundering, and the government
National experts on DRC and South Saleh and other elites in Uganda have Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
Sudan, and two local anti-‐‑corruption also severally been implicated by UN for possible prosecution in the courts of
ǯ investigators for illegal exploitation of ȱȱȬǯ
ȱ ĵȱȱȱȱȱęȱ ȱȱǯ At the centre of these investigations are
with some of the most powerful people in three major questions: What is the source
Uganda’s mineral trade circles; including Museveni accused ȱ ĵȂȱǵȱ
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Banarbas Taremwa, who is an in-‐‑law to ȱȱ¢ȱȱęȱȱȬǰȱ export? Where does the money from the
ȱ ȱȂȱǰȱ ǯȱ there is an even bigger puzzle; why is deals go?
ȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱę¢ȱȱ Although Museveni has held
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ȱȱ ĵȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱȱ unanswered, according to informed
them out of co-‐‑ownership of the gold international trade in illicit or blood gold? ǯ
¢ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱǯȱ As recently as December 2017, Museveni The Independent understands that
ȱȱȱ ĵȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ President Museveni, called a meeting with
ǰȱ ȱ ĵǰȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱǻ Ǽȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ
very public manner, is threatening to spill ȱȱȱȱǯȱ¢ǰȱ of Mines and Petroleum to discuss
¢ȱǯ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ǯȱȱȱ
ĵǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱŗŖŖȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȱ lobbies for investors in the mining and
and Uganda have previously been Museveni’s directive is being seen as ȱǯȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱ
ęȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ a snub in the face of several government Museveni had met with sector investors
ȱĚȱǯ agencies which claim to be trying to ȱȱ
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