CASH TRAIL EXPLODES! Parliament Staff Accounts, FIA Bosses Dragged Into Anita Among Mega Corruption Probe
The corruption probe surrounding former Speaker of Parliament Anita Among is widening dramatically, with investigators now reportedly tracking suspicious money flows through accounts belonging to parliamentary staff, while current and former bosses at the Financial Intelligence Authority face mounting questions over how massive transactions allegedly slipped through the country’s anti-money laundering watchdog unnoticed.
Sources close to the investigations say detectives are now focusing on a network of accounts belonging to staff attached to Parliament’s Transport, Finance, Protocol and Communications departments, amid allegations that billions of shillings allegedly moved through multiple personal accounts linked to people close to the former Speaker.
The investigations, which started on May 16, 2026, initially targeted Anita Among over alleged corruption, money laundering and illicit enrichment. Since then, teams from the Criminal Investigations Directorate, forensic services, Crime Intelligence and military intelligence operatives have raided properties linked to the former Speaker in Nakasero, Kigo, Ntinda and Bukedea District.
The searches led to the seizure of at least six luxury vehicles, including a Rolls-Royce whose dramatic towing sparked nationwide attention and intensified public scrutiny surrounding the probe.
But sources say the flashy cars were only the beginning.
“It is far from over,” a source close to the investigations said.
Investigators reportedly split into two major teams. One group remains in Bukedea where searches on properties linked to Among are still ongoing, while another team has shifted attention to financial transactions allegedly involving parliamentary staff accounts and politically connected operatives.
According to sources, several department heads who had allegedly been dodging detectives quietly started reporting to Kibuli CID headquarters on Monday after pressure intensified.
The most explosive claims emerging from the investigations center on allegations that huge sums of money allegedly moved through multiple staff accounts with little or no intervention from the Financial Intelligence Authority, the very institution mandated to detect suspicious financial transactions and combat money laundering.
“Those individuals operate multiple accounts tied to Anita Among’s cash movements. They could receive large sums with the knowledge of FIA officials, and the banks allegedly shielded them,” a source claimed.
“The money would be withdrawn in stages, but every trail led back to Among both as the source and the destination.”
The allegations now threaten to drag both current and former FIA leadership into the widening scandal.
Former FIA Executive Director Sydney Asubo was reportedly in charge during the period Anita Among became Speaker in 2021, before being replaced in 2023 by current Executive Director Samuel Were Wandera.
Investigators are now expected to question both current and former FIA bosses over how alleged large-scale transactions involving politically exposed persons, parliamentary staff, fleet drivers, cleaners and security personnel allegedly escaped aggressive anti-money laundering scrutiny.
The developments have triggered growing criticism against FIA, with sources within investigative circles questioning whether the authority failed in its core mandate or deliberately looked away while suspicious transactions allegedly flowed through the banking system.
Under Uganda’s anti-money laundering framework, banks and financial institutions are required to flag unusual or suspicious transactions to FIA, especially large cash movements involving politically exposed persons and repeated structured withdrawals.
However, investigators now reportedly suspect that some transactions were deliberately fragmented into smaller withdrawals and routed through multiple personal accounts allegedly belonging to trusted aides and junior staff around Parliament.
“They would use your account to move around 500 million shillings, then tell you to withdraw and bring her about 450 million and keep the rest for yourself,” a source alleged.
“She would tell them the balance was for you to better your life and that you would be protected.”
According to sources, the alleged arrangement became attractive to some junior employees because of the enormous amounts involved.
“A lot of people would kill for that chance,” one source claimed.
“Some have used those opportunities to buy land and build houses.”
The investigations are also reportedly stretching beyond staff accounts into alleged procurement dealings and wider financial coordination involving politically connected figures within Parliament and government ministries.
Sources say investigators are currently mapping what they believe could be a sophisticated network of financial movements allegedly designed to conceal the origin and destination of funds.
There are also reports that parliamentary commissioners from the 11th Parliament are expected to record statements over allegations involving the sharing of at least Shs1 billion with Among.
Meanwhile, Anita Among’s continued silence and absence from public functions has only intensified speculation surrounding the probe.
Since investigations began, the former Speaker has not publicly appeared and has missed several major ruling party events, including meetings of the NRM Central Executive Committee and the caucus despite being a senior member.
She was also notably absent from the Speaker election event at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds where Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth was elected Speaker of the 12th Parliament.
Her absence has fuelled speculation in political circles that she could be under tight restrictions at her Nakasero residence, which remains guarded by Special Forces Command personnel.
By press time, Police spokesperson ACP Kituuma Rusoke had not responded to calls seeking comment on the investigations.
Although the Police and UPDF have not officially spoken extensively about the details of the operation, Chief of Defence Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba last week posted on X that investigators under “Operation End Corruption” had already recovered funds that would be returned to the government treasury.
Sources say investigators are now racing to secure documentary evidence, transaction records and witness statements before possible arrests are made.
As pressure mounts, attention is increasingly turning toward the Financial Intelligence Authority itself, with critics asking the uncomfortable question now hanging over the probe: how could billions allegedly move through politically connected accounts, parliamentary staff and suspicious cash withdrawals without Uganda’s anti-money laundering watchdog sounding the alarm?
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