On June 18, 2009 Mrs. Sayida Bbumba, president Museveni’s minister of finance released a statement to the effect that Buganda government has not accounted for funds it received from the United Nations Global Fund. And Katikkiro JB Walusimbi must refund the unaccounted for moneys or the government will take Mmengo to court, to recover the funds. Therefore, there is a possibility that the Buganda government properties could be at risk if it turns out to be true that Mmengo officials stole or misused funds which were meant to benefit ordinary Baganda.  If the allegatons are true, then Mr. Ssemwogerere Mulwaanyamuli would be the first Katikkiro in Buganda history to get his Kabaka and nation into such an embarassing situation.

In 2005, the Global Fund suspended its support to Uganda due financial mismanagement. Later, the Global Fund Project Management Unit under the Ministry of Health was disbanded after overwhelming evidence that health minister, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi, and his two deputies, Mike Mukula and Dr. Alex Kamugisha had looted the program. The latest news suggests that some Katikkiro Ssemwogerere Mulwaanyamuli’s administration might have participated in the same corruption as Mukula and Muhwezi.

The  same Mr. Museveni who is preparing to take Mmengo to court, as recently as April 2009, offered an unconditional gift of a Shs 2 Billion (US$ 930,232) and made a down payment of  350 Million (US$162,790). On April 26, Buganda Post reported that Baganda from all walks of life advised Katikkiro Walusimbi not to accept the gift but he overruled them, causing some to make threats against his life (See Katikkiro Walusimbi Takes Museveni’s Money, Puts His Life At Risk.) On April 30, 2009, the secretary of Buganda rights group Abazzukulu, Mr. Njuki Mubiru warned that  Mr. Museveni’s government had set a trap for Mr. Walusimbi and the others who will enjoy the money: “After they have misused the money the Uganda government will surely ask for accountability; when they can’t provide it, they could well end up jailed as it happened with a Museveni confidant, Teddy Seezi Kyeeye.” (See Bazzukulu Ba Buganda Criticize Katikkiro Walusimbi).

Mr. Museveni’s government is illegally holding on to 9,000 square miles of stolen Baganda native lands and owes Mmengo over a million dollars in rent areas and unpaid lease fees.  Neither Mr. Museveni nor Katikkiro Walusimbi have explained why the president gives financial gifts or assistance to Mmengo, often illegal under Uganda laws, instead of simply paying the outstanding debt, which the president often acknowledges.