Mr. David Cooney:

If we had a better tracking system, we might have discovered it earlier. The misappropriation of the €4 million in the way it happened has been a very painful and traumatic experience. As I said, for very wrong reasons, this could turn out to be the best €4 million we have ever spent in Uganda because what has happened is that the Ugandan system has discovered the fraud which it is pursuing. Public opinion and the media are up in arms about it. Uganda is at a crossroads and has to decide what kind of country it is going to be. If it allows corruption to become pervasive, its future will be very badly damaged. We are seeing public opinion rise on this matter and it is challenging the political system. The impact of the fraud in terms of governance in Uganda has been enormous because the perpetrators are being pursued and many of them are in prison. There are demands from the opposition based on public opinion that the matter be dealt with and the government is being challenged. Ugandans are doing this, not Europeans. We are saying we will not give them any more money, which is a huge challenge. Following our lead, the entire international community has frozen its support through the Ugandan Government. We set the benchmark and the international community has followed. They was surprised by our reaction, but having regard to the particular circumstances of this country, the idea that anyone would steal the money we were giving to help people who were more disadvantaged than us was deeply offensive to everyone in this country. The response in Uganda has been significant and one must hope-----