Ambassador Henry Mayega
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DUBAI– Uganda’s Deputy Head of mission (Deputy Ambassador) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Henry Mayega has been expelled from UAE together with his entire team.

Mayega had his office in Dubai where he was found operating an illegal casino business. He has been given hours to exit the country and return home in Uganda.

The development follows Uganda’s High Commissioner to Canada, Joy Ruth Acheng, being declared “persona non grata” for allegedly engaging in “uncouth behaviour” by the Canadian government.

She is going to be deported on August 21, 2024, for uncouth behaviour in Canada,” a highly-placed source within Uganda’s foreign affairs ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had earlier directed the Consul General of Uganda in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Amb Henry Mayega, to return to Uganda to explain circumstances under which the consulate was turned into a casino.

The media recently reported that the External Security Organisation (ESO) was investigating circumstances under which privately procured gambling machines, shipped under diplomatic cover between Russia and the Middle East, ended up being operated at Uganda’s Consulate building in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

The foreign spy agency swung into action in April, this year, following concerns the practice breached provisions of the April 18, 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

Our reporter then learnt that Mayega was ordered to return to Uganda for interrogation.

“Mayega was called for consultation,” said a source who preferred anonymity to speak freely adding that this situation may ultimately lead to a recall.”