Worrying report of terrorist groups gaining financial muscle in Uganda

Suspects who were arrested after the July 11, 2010, twin bombings by Al Shabaab in Kampala that claimed 90 lives, leave a prison bus at the Uganda High Court. PHOTO | NMG

Findings contained in Uganda’s final National Risk Assessment report of increased capacity among terrorist organisations to execute bigger attacks are a worrying sign.

It also catalogues significant weaknesses of regional governments struggling to tackle illicit financial flows.