President Museveni has directed leaders of veterans’ associations to convene for a comprehensive audit of more than 231 billion shillings disbursed over the years to support veterans’ wealth-creation initiatives. The directive was issued during this year’s virtual Liberation Day commemorations at State House, Nakasero. Museveni said the meeting would establish how the funds distributed since 2008 have been utilized and whether the intended beneficiaries received the support that the government allocated to them. According to the President, the planned review will revisit resolutions reached during a 2009 meeting with veterans’ leaders, where the government agreed to provide five million shillings to each recognized liberation war leader and his spouse. The meeting also agreed that each of the cadres that contributed to the struggle should be allocated 1.5 million shillings each. The President said the exercise is intended to determine how much each category of beneficiary received and whether the programme...