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Home > Uganda: Alleged Graft in Lira IDP Camp

Contributor [1]
Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 02:00
Categories: 
Refugees & forced migration [2]
Issue Number: 
130 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Displaced people (IDPs) at Railway division camp in Lira municipality have complained about the extortion of money from them in exchange for registration and food. They told the state minister for youth and children's affairs, Felix Okot Ogong, that some people were masquerading as IDPs simply to get relief assistance. Okot advised IDPs to expose corrupt officials and warned corrupt officials to stop the practice.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/refugees/18027 [5]
Country: 
Uganda [6]

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