Uganda: Overseas Aid
(asked on 11th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to Uganda in each of the last three years; what projects that funding supports; and whether her Department has experienced issues with corruption in Uganda over that period.
Financial Year | DFID Funding to Uganda (£) |
2016 – 2017 | 110,056,327 |
2017 – 2018 | 124,803,146 |
2018 - 2019 | *102,100,000 |
Total | *336,959,474 |
Figure 1: table providing details of DFID’s funding in Uganda in each of the last 3 financial years
*Indicative figures as 18/19 financial year has not concluded.
A list of the programmes the Department for International Development (DFID) has supported over the last three years is published on https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/.
DFID has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and corruption of any kind. Where taxpayers’ money is misused, we expect our partners to take firm and immediate action and that partners with which we work protect the UK aid funds for which they are responsible, whilst acting with honesty and with integrity at all times. Any allegations of fraud and or corruption are subject to robust investigation.
In January 2018, allegations of fraud and corruption arose in the Uganda Refugee Operation. The Government of Uganda, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, World Food Programme and Development Partners (represented by the UK, EU and US) agreed on the Joint Plan of Action, which resulted in systems improvements.