The Observer | Oil: Kutesa was paid $500000 bribe - US prosecutors The Observer Uganda Foreign Affairs minister, Sam Kutesa was paid a $500,000 (about Shs 1.8 billion) bribe in exchange for obtaining "business advantages" for a Chinese energy company while he served as president of the U.N. General Assembly from 2014 to 2015. US arrests two Chinese oil company reps in Africa bribery scheme |