The political future of Uganda Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa and Internal Affairs Minister Hilary Onek hang on a precipice as they await Tuesday’s meeting of members of Parliament in the continuing debate on the handling of the country’s oil sector.

Sam Kutesa, Uganda's Foreign Affairs Minister

The MPs who begun their special sitting to discuss the dealings in the oil sector on Monday were breating fire threatening to censure the three ministers after strong allegations were tabled that the three ministers have received bribes to facilitate unfair deals with oil companies, and that they are behind influence peddling in the oil sector.

The Youth MP for Western Uganda, Gerald Karuhanga moved a motion calling for a commission of inquiry into the dealings of senior ministers in the oil sector which was widely supported. Karuhanga presented documents which he claimed were accessed from US government dossiers indicate senior ministers received bribes to give oil companies better terms on oil agreements.

Karuganga presented documents alleging that:

• Kutesa Kahamba Sam through his company East African Development company Kenya received 17m Euros (close to 74 billion Uganda shillings)through his bank called EFK in Zurich. That the money was leaving a Tullow account 40037242019 in a bank in Malta…through a recipient bank in UAE Dubai
  • That On June 21, from Tullow on account 4003724191 from the same back to Dubai the Hon Hillary Onek (shows bank statements) received 500,000 Euros.
  • That July 6, Hillary Onek received another 500,000 Euros on his account 0034450627007 in a Dubai bank
  • Hillary Onek also received another 500,000 Euros on July 17, 2010 same bank same account
  • That Hillary Onek received 1.5mEuros on the same account same day.

Sam Kutesa however insisted the alelgations are false and documents presented were forged.

The MPs concerned stemmed from the consistent refusal by the government to publicly avail oil sharing agreements will oil prospecting and production companies.

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