Uganda, March 8 -- In the wee hours of the night of December 5, 2023, a peculiar robbery happened in Muyenga Bukasa. The home of the ruling party's National Treasurer, who also doubles as Uganda's Ambassador to South Africa was attacked by gunmen who fled with a loot of over two billion Uganda shillings.

Why she and her husband would be keeping that much money in the house instead of the bank, or what business they are involved in from which they earned it is up to the jury. But this is Uganda. The story was hushed in mainstream media until online gossip forced the police to issue a statement. And then it got more interesting.

The robbers were policemen, some assigned to the couple's security. They knew that the couple always kept large...