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How government drivers steal fuel

All bearing the unmistakable profile of government vehicles. Some were driven by men in Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) uniform; others by men in civilian clothes. Before the fuel tanks were opened, some drivers saluted. There was something deeply unsettling about the routine. The vehicles arrived one after another, as though following an appointment nobody was supposed to know about.

A man siphoning fuel from car that belongs to the UPDF at Kitintale black market depot
By: Alfred Ochwo, Journalist @New Vision


KAMPALA - At 9:59am, the dashboard clock ticked as we sat watching. We had been parked for nine minutes. Then, at 10:01am, the first vehicle appeared. A Toyota

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Fuel theft
UPDF
Police
Government drivers