By Leilah Bbaale
Government is planning to pay billions of shillings to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in court awards for the resources plundered during the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
According to the national budget framework paper for the 2024/25 financial year, government has planned to pay Shs247 billion for the aforementioned cause.
A 2001 UN report found Uganda’s army, guilty of looting minerals, coffee, timber, and livestock during an earlier deployment in DRC.
In February 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Uganda to pay $325 million (Shs1.234 trillion) to DRC.
