http://www.tv3.ie/article.php?article_id=86632&locID=1.2&pagename=news An auditing team from the Department of Foreign Affairs is in Uganda to investigate the alleged fraud of €4m of Irish aid.

The Government has blocked all aid payments to the African country, after it emerged funds were misappropriated in the office of the prime minister.

The money was sent by Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, to fund a development programme in northern Uganda.

The alleged fraud involves €12m in aid from four countries.

The money sent by Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark was to fund a development programme in northern Uganda.

Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs have travelled to Kampala after a report by Uganda's own auditor general uncovered the misappropriation of the funds.

The audit and evaluation team from Ireland will examine the report and seek answers as to where the millions have gone.

In the meantime the Tanaiste has announced the suspension of all Irish aid payments channelled through the Government of Uganda.

The blocking of €16m of direct aid destined for the African country this year has been welcomed by Irish NGO's including Goal which says its been advocating for many years for the strict policing of aid.

NGOs will still receive payment of €15m of taxpayer’s money to fund their own programmes in the c

A family of African fraudsters stole at least £4million from taxpayers in a 20-year scam.

One created fake identities for up to 100 children to milk the benefit system.

She also claimed to suffer from HIV and require costly drugs – but in reality sent them back to Uganda to be sold for huge profits.

A court heard that supplying the drugs for so many years cost the taxpayer more than £2million.

A further £154,000 went on education for the ‘family’, with £37,500 for a single higher education course.

Fraud relating to accommodation costs and sub-letting of flats cost £650,000, and the family’s myriad benefits totalled £900,000.

During their six-week trial, a jury heard how the group ‘conspired together to create, use and exploit’ false identities in order to carry out the staggering fraud.

An investigator told the Daily Mail: ‘The trouble is, they had so many identities that it may never be known exactly how much they took out of the benefits system and this country over such a long period of time.’

Prosecutor Paul Raudnitz said: ‘The tentacles of this fraud went far and wide for many, many years. Each defendant at different times joined the conspiracy.’

He said ‘key player’ Ruth Nabuguzi, 49, ‘employed multiple identities ... so many that the true number of identities may never ever be known’.

Nabuguzi, originally from Uganda, made claims for HIV/AIDS drugs costing £2,280,000. She also received £500,000 in housing benefit from Newham Council in east London, Croydon Crown Court heard.

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Nabuguzi came to the UK in 1991 and claimed asylum for herself and four children she had left behind in Uganda.

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