President Museveni has sent a letter to the Speaker of Parliament Hon Anita Among inquiring if she owns or rents a house in the United Kingdom.
“I have got information that is contrary to what you told me, that you, indeed, own a house in London in the form of Flat 4, Silk House, 7 Waterden Road, London, E20 3AL, United Kingdom,” said Museveni in a letter to Among.
“Do you own that house or are you renting it?” Museveni asked Among.
Recently, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs instructed the Ugandan High Commissioner to the UK to start preliminary investigations into allegations that the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has property there.
Henry Okello Oryem, the state minister for international relations, said the probe would include examining all the title deeds in the UK.
Oryem said even though the onus is on the UK government to prove the allegations it raised, the Government of Uganda will also do its own search for the avoidance of doubt.
“Even before the May 11, 2024, directive by President Yoweri Museveni, we had acted on his earlier letter dated May 2, 2024, which he had copied to our High Commissioner in London. We instructed the High Commissioner to start preliminary investigations so that in case the President writes, we will be ready.
“The High Commissioner was supposed to examine the deeds in the UK. Although we are in a strange situation, he who alleges must prove.
The onus is on the UK government to prove these allegations. Nevertheless, the Government of Uganda will also do its own search and we say for the avoidance of doubt, we will use our resources and connections to find out whether the Speaker had a property in her name, her children or her husband,” Oryem
Uganda’s High Commissioner to the UK, Nimisha Jayant Madhvani, also confirmed they had been notified. “We are waiting for the written instruction from the foreign affairs minister and we start with our work,” Nimisha said.
