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Ugandan authorities are holding Kenya’s ex-Assistant Minister on allegations of smuggling 13 kilos of gold into the country using forged documents.
The former minister was arraigned before an anti-corruption court on Wednesday where the bench directed his remand at Luzira Prison until January 18, pending investigations into his alleged offences.
Ugandan police are also investigating whether the former minister might be part of a larger gold smuggling ring operating in Kampala.
About kilos of gold are worth $845,821 according to calculateme.com.
He served as an assistant minister under the late President Mwai Kibaki and as Kenya’s ambassador.
According to reports by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, Uganda is a regional hub for illicit gold smuggled from neighbouring countries, mainly the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan and smaller flows from Kenya.
Source: The Star
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