Tag Archives: corruption

By Gerald Padde Auku Citizens, government must appreciate the fact that fighting corruption is a collective responsibility Uganda is one of the countries with a very good institutional framework in place to fight corruption. However, in the 2014 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), Uganda was ranked 142 out of 174 countries …

By Morris DC Komakech In the Bantariza case, one wonders why the State failed to establish facts by providing basic empirical evidence It is not clear whether the media selectively focuses attention on court cases where the prosecutors perform dismally. There have been many high profile cases involving corruption, treason, …

By Ronald Musoke So why don’t Ugandans care? The latest poll conducted in Uganda in December 2014 by the International Republican Institute (IRI) – the American non-profit that advances democracy worldwide, two-thirds of the respondents (69%) say the country is headed in the right direction. And 80% of the respondents …

By Moustapha Ndiaye Lack of enforcement actions such as the recovery of assets and application of sanctions The Inspectorate of Government (IG) recently released the Fourth Annual Report on Tracking Corruption Trends in Uganda, which includes data from the National Governance Baseline Survey conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why Uganda should move away from a winner-take-all electoral system in favour of proportional representation I argued in last week’s column that in Uganda’s specific context of mass poverty, electoral competition tends to eliminate public-spirited candidates (or patriots) in favour of crooks. Therefore as our democracy …

By André-Michel Essoungou In recent years, civil society groups have become major actors in the fight against corruption, both nationally and on the global stage Under the glaring sun of a recent Monday, an unusual group of protesters marched on the streets of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. All dressed in black …

By Joan Akello Experts explain why the government should first focus on good governance On June 26, the Anti-corruption Court in Kampala found the former principle accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Godfrey Kazinda, guilty on 29 counts including fraud and forgery and sentenced him to five …

By Julius Businge The lawyer, anti-corruption activist and worker at the Human Rights and Peace Centre at the School of Law, Makerere University spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge. What was special about this year’s anti-corruption convention? The Anti-Corruption Convention this year took a more inclusive and participatory posture; we …

By Joan Akello Unlike last year, where there was a scandal in the Office of the prime Minister that caused public spat, in a rather quiet event, Civil society celebrated the first anniversary of the Black Monday Movement,(BMM) on Dec 2. However, after months of distributing newsletters, creating online videos …

By Independent Team New report names those failing Uganda’s anti-corruption war A new report by the international rights group Human Rights Watch has sparked new debate on the monster of corruption, a vice that has sent Uganda on its knees in recent years by indentifying the entities responsible for failing …