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Students at the Mukono- based Uganda Christian University(UCU) have formed a group that will help to fight the wide spread corruption scandal in Uganda. The team was a result of the five- day event at the Department of Public Administration and Governance under the theme: “Towards a more strategic partnership in the fight against corruption […]
Members of Parliament sitting on the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee say they have unearthed the rot in the foreign missions which relates to mismanagement of the missions and infighting among the staff. The committee that is presided over by the Member of Parliament for Ntungamo Municipality, Gerald Karuhanga, who is the vice chairperson discovered that […]
Uganda loses 500 billion shillings through corruption, out of this 300 billion is lost through procurement-World Bank President Museveni wants The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) act be amended such that when questions are raised over the tendering process the company which has won the tender in a process perceived to […]
Uganda police have arrested two men for fighting against the rampant cases of corruption in Kampala government. It is now almost a practice in Uganda for police to arrest and prosecute people who come out publicly to fight corruption. Norman Tumuhimbise and Robert Mayanja were arrested on Wednesday two. This is the second time […]
The Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Uganda, Mr. Anders Urban Anderson has said that making budgets readily available for all Ugandans will help to improve efficiency of service delivery to citizens of Uganda. Anders Urban Anderson says that the Action for Transparency (A4T) model the government of Sweden is funding in Uganda […]
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has appealed to the people of Uganda to play a more active role in following up money governments allocates for service delivery. The Minister says the members of Ugandan public can play a vital role in ensuring effective service delivery in communities if they monitor government budget allocations and help […]
South Korea has put aside US$1m annually for agricultural research. The research activities to be hosted at Kawanda will be conducted by a team of scientists both from South Korea and Uganda. South Korea recently funded the establishment of the Korean Project on International Agriculture that was funded by Rural Development Administration. The government […]
In a bid to tighten fight against corruption, Uganda Management Institute has approved a diploma course in corruption. The course targets ministers, Members of Parliament, permanent secretaries. ‘ The corruption course starts in September 2014. The course is going to be compulsory for politicians and accountants. Dr. James Kata, the Director of Uganda Management […]
Ugandans have requested president Museveni’s government to allow them to start reporting cases of corruption via SMS and web based platforms. The republic of Rwanda is currently the only African country where cases of corruption can be reported on internet and the government acts immediately. Rwandan government ‘was made in Uganda’ but its […]
A new project has been initiated to enable citizens in Uganda and Zambia to report suspected corruption and misuse of public funds using web and mobile tools. The Action for Transparency (A4T) Project has built an app and website that gives the opportunity for anyone who can connect to the Internet to report on suspected corruption […]