In a country where billions vanish silently into forged invoices and ghost accounts, the real superheroes don’t wear capes. They carry audit trails, forensic reports, and courtroom-ready evidence.
They are Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs).
And the battlefield is real.
Why it matters: The fraud is already happening
Every week, a district accountant approves payments to a supplier that doesn’t exist. A school headteacher lists “ghost pupils” to pocket capitation grants. A procurement officer inflates prices on desks by 300%.
By the time the Auditor General flags it, the money is long gone.
But what if you could catch it before it spreads? What if you were the person they feared in the room?
What CFEs do is expose the schemes no one talks about
As a CFE, you don’t wait for whistleblowers. You build systems that reveal fraud patterns before they explode. You:
a) Trace the money: even when it moves through mobile money and cousins’ accounts
b) Decode fake documents: from doctored receipts to manipulated contract minutes
c) Interview suspects: and break their stories wide open
d) Write forensic reports: that land in courts, not drawers
You don’t accuse. You prove. And that changes everything.
Why now: The space is wide open
Uganda has fewer than 150 active CFEs, yet the fraud is multiplying. Ministries, NGOs, banks, SACCOs, and district offices are losing money.
They don’t need talkers. They need trained warriors. With tools. With credentials. With confidence.
How to start: Get certified. Join the movement.
Summit Consulting’s Fraud Risk Management Masterclass is your first step. It’s local. Practical. Delivered by experts who’ve cracked real cases from fake medical procurement deals to parish development fraud.
You’ll learn to:
(i) Detect fraud early using red flags
(ii) Conduct investigations with digital evidence
(iii) Report fraud in formats that regulators and prosecutors can act on
Then you’ll sit the CFE exam. And earn global credibility.
You can rant. Or you can rise.
Uganda doesn’t need more observers. It needs doers. Professionals trained to say: “Not on my watch.”
So if you’re serious about becoming a fraud-fighting superhero
Get certified. Join the Institute of Forensics & ICT Security. Change the game.
Because silence is not neutral. It’s complicity.
