In what might go down as the biggest scandal to entangle the biggest office in the land this new year, Ms Molly Kamukama, the Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to President Yoweri Museveni has allegedly failed to account for over Shs4,5 billion that was allocated to her to cater for NRM war veterans.
A source privy to an ongoing investigation ordered by President Museveni a fortnight ago says Ms Kamukama and a couple of other State House handlers have landed themselves in trouble after a whistle blower informed the big man that the billions he had released last year to the veterans did not reached the intended beneficiaries.
The money was in form of a token of appreciation to the veterans for the job well done which brought Museveni back into power but to his annoyance, instead of the Shs14 million he had ordered to be given to each of his men as a Christmas, only Shs 400,000 was released to them according to Red Spy.
An insider goes ahead to reveal how the President was reportedly enraged on learning about the misappropriation and summoned Ms Kamukama and tasked her to explain where where the money had disappeared to before ordering her to recover it or she loses her powerful job.
Amid growing uncertainty about herself, Ms Kamukama is said to have run to the First Lady Janet Museveni for help and she tried pleading with her husband to no avail.
Her woes are just accumulating . President Museveni recently ordered the heads of spy agencies, CMI and ISO to thoroughly investigate how Kamukama and her fellow State House boss Maj. Edith Nakalema had in collaboration with other staffers duped him into releasing over Shs30 billion to over 70 ghost SACCOs during the campaign process. The allegedly created fake women groups in East Uganda and West Nile.
We reached out to the State House team for a comment but there is no word back.
Ms Kamukama formerly the political assistant in the office of the NRM chairperson (Museveni) has been a trusted aide and became so close to the president during campaigns and most sensitive matters like handling the most of the elections cash were entrusted to her. She is an astute mobiliser and smooth political operator and run a unique campaign structure in Mbuya with a healthy budget and political communication bureau that swayed hundreds of thousands of votes to the incumbent.
