Ugandan MPs give themselves $2.6m ‘awareness budget’

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has blasted members of parliament for allocating themselves a total of 10bn Ugandan shillings ($2.6m; £2m) to raise awareness on coronavirus.

The president said it was “morally reprehensible” for the MPs to allocate themselves the money, instead of funding district committees created for that purpose.

President Museveni said he would write to the Auditor General to investigate MPs who had already spent the money to buy relief items for their constituents.

Uganda has so far confirmed 79 cases of coronavirus. The country is on a lockdown that ends on 5 May.

Source: bbc.com