A confidential dossier has emerged detailing how President William Ruto’s Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni was reportedly briefed in 2022 on alleged suspicious financial transactions linked to individuals within Parliament, including accounts associated with staff close to former Speaker Anita Among, who is currently under investigation.
The revelations suggest that the Speaker, who had by then assumed office as the substantive head of the 11th Parliament, was already under state surveillance as early as 2021, with investigators tracking financial movements they described as “colossal” and unusually structured.
According to the dossier, by late 2022, significant sums of money were being transferred through multiple accounts belonging to parliamentary staff believed to have close working relationships with the Speaker’s office.
The document claims that these transactions raised red flags due to their frequency, volume, and rapid withdrawal patterns.
“In November of that year, President Museveni was furnished with details of 14 suspicious accounts. He shared the granular details with the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) and the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), sanctioning a probe in the process,” the dossier states.
The same report alleges that investigators later identified 12 private accounts belonging to parliamentary staff which had repeatedly received large deposits.
The funds, according to the dossier, were allegedly withdrawn in lump sums shortly after being credited, a pattern authorities consider indicative of possible laundering or concealment of financial flows.
“The investigation confirmed that 12 private accounts of parliamentary staff with strong connections to the Speaker had on various occasions received huge sums of money and the said money would be withdrawn in lump sums immediately,” the document further discloses.
While the dossier does not directly accuse Ms Among of personally handling the funds, it draws attention to what it describes as “strong operational links” between the implicated accounts and individuals within her administrative circle at Parliament.
The development adds a new layer to ongoing scrutiny surrounding the former Speaker, who has previously denied any wrongdoing in connection with corruption allegations.
Her office has consistently maintained that she has not been formally charged and that she remains willing to cooperate with lawful investigations.
Uganda’s State House Anti-Corruption Unit and the Financial Intelligence Authority have not publicly detailed the status of the probe, though sources familiar with such investigations indicate that financial intelligence tracking often spans multiple years before conclusions are reached.
The dossier also underscores the increasing reliance on financial surveillance tools by Ugandan authorities in high-profile corruption cases, particularly those involving politically exposed persons and parliamentary operations.
As investigations continue, the matter is expected to remain politically sensitive, given Ms Among’s prominent role in the leadership of the previous Parliament and her continued influence within ruling party structures.
For now, the emerging details point to a widening inquiry that began under strict state monitoring and has since evolved into one of the most closely watched corruption-related investigations in Uganda’s recent political history.