Uganda: Opposition Arrests Take Priority Over $16m Heist Probe

By Chinasaokwu Helen Okoro

Two stories have dominated the local press in Uganda; the abduction of Kizza Besigye, one of the country’s top opposition leaders, and revelations that the central bank lost about $16m.

Besigye was abducted in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, on 23 November, driven to Uganda‘s capital Kampala, and charged in a military court days later.

The story of the central bank losing $16m was first reported on 27 November by Daily Monitor, an independent newspaper. Initially, reports pointed to a shadowy group of hackers called ‘Waste’, based in Southeast Asia, who allegedly penetrated the Central

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