Details about Uganda’s Denmark Embassy embezzlement galore

The Uganda’s Denmark Embassy  suspected embezzlers allege the audio clip that premiered live  on social media was doctored. This has pushed investigators to dig deeper for further pinning evidence.

Here are some of the other fact checks on how government money is reportedly being swindled by Ambassador Elly Kamahungye and Richard Biribonwoha at the Denmark Embassy.

On the 29th of June 2020, while trying to make sure no money would be returned to the national treasury because it was approaching the end of financial year 2019/20 and due to Covid-19 lock-down, there had not been any activities to consume that money.

In a dubious way, the Embassy ordered to buy a bed mattress for Mr Richard Biribonwoha at sh 16,869,183.80 (Sixteen million eight hundred and sixty nine thousands) according to receipt Invoice number 5206808150.

The mattress was paid by the Embassy on 29th June, 2020 as per the payment order by the accounting officer Hope Mukubwa instructing the Manager Danske Bank to pay.

Due to Covid-19 lock-downs which affected the whole world and business, there was delay in delivery and the mattress was delivered on 4th August 2020 to Mr. Richard A. Biribonwoha’s address; Ermelundsvænget 9 2920 Charlottenlund.

In the developed world you can return goods if you change your mind. In this situation Mr Richard A. Biribonwoha did not even open the mattress package but instead requested llva Company to refund him that money DKK 28,698.00 equivalent to sh 16,759,892.04 which the Embassy had paid for his mattress and the money was refunded to his personal account no.  4001 4002823217 instead of Embassy Corporate Account.

There is receipt for proof of refund.  On 12th August 2020 lva Company picked up the mattress at his address Ermelundsvænget 9 2920 Charlottenlund and returned it.

The mattress in question was bought by Embassy sum of amount DKK 28,889.00 equivalent to sh 16,869,183.80,  but when it comes to claim for refund, they give their personal accounts where the money is remitted.

Our sources say, “Here they only keep and manipulate the payment receipts which they received earlier at purchase without tallying with items bought since the Auditors don’t do a physical check for the items bought. Usually, when auditors come, they check for the receipts tallying with money deducted from Embassy corporate account which leads to an anomaly of public funds being swindled.  There are so many other such transactions at the Embassy.”

The source continues, “If the office of the Auditor General was not corrupt, all these kinds of transaction could have been detected however, they are bribed when they come for auditing as you Heard Ambassador Kamahungye confessed in the audio that they keep hard cash in the safe to bribe the auditors and fail to document their findings.”