TOO MANY COINCIDENCES: Why we still believe BoU officials printed illegitimate currency but the matter was hushed by the state in national interest

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There is a proverb from western Uganda that goes “Obu entaama yaangye ebuzire, nibwo embwa yaawe eneire ebyoya?” translated to mean “how could it be that the very time my sheep got lost, your dog excreted fur?” This week, an internal Bank of Uganda memo from the Ag. Director of Currency Dr. Bazinzi Natamba to all Currency Centre Managers was leaked in the media. In the memo, Dr Natamba