The Minister of Finance Maria Kiwanuka says the financial scandal in the Prime Minister’s Office provides an opportunity to clean up the system.

Kiwanuka was today appearing before the Finance Committee of Parliament to explain the ministry’s role and action taken to ensure accountability.

She says that this challenge is not unique to Uganda and the government can draw lessons from other countries on how to address this mess.

Kiwanuka acknowledged the need to improve transparency at the ministry of finance to avoid further loss of public funds;