Kampala faces $1.43b debt over cattle theft by NRM soldiers
A mixed herd of cattle and sheep. The figure includes some $1.22b as potential recompense for victims of livestock grabbed by NRM fighters. PHOTO | FILE
Compensation claims for livestock grabbed by President Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Army fighters soon after they took power in 1986 has pushed the amount of money the Uganda government could potentially pay out in court awards to Ush4.2 trillion ($1.43 billion), more than a quarter of the national budget, an investigation by this newspaper can reveal.
Of the figure, about Ush3.6 trillion ($1.22 billion) is potentially compensation for livestock grabbed by the victorious army in the north, east and north-east of the country.
