“If this practice (of politicians awarding themselves prizes in the form of money) continues unchecked, there is a likelihood that our nation’s coffers may be depleted,” the Judge warned. "It was a dereliction of duty for the Clerk to Parliament to have failed or neglected to detect such an obviously flawed process... as the paying officer he has all the powers to decline to make payment which is procedurally improper."
Available records indicate that as of May 2023, Uganda was hosting 1,547,981 refugees and asylum seekers and new arrivals have continued to enter the country mainly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. Since the beginning of the year, Uganda has received 30,448 refugees from DRC 14,381 and South Sudan 16,067 according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-UNHCR Operation Update.
