Tag Archives: corruption

  Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda have transparency laws, but corruption persists   NEWS ANALYSIS | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda records some of the lowest levels of compliance with access to information requests in East Africa, highlighting a persistent gap between transparency laws and their enforcement across the region. Between 2018 …

    How the abuse of the public trust through looting of public funds is going to cause a terrible backlash at the perpetrators   THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been tweeting his frustration with mass and endemic corruption in Uganda’s public sector. Many …

COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | Reader, on May 12th at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, President Yoweri Museveni will take his seventh oath of office. As I have previously noted, under his reign, Uganda’s economy has expanded, and, indeed, today Uganda is wealthier than at any time in its 64 years …

COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI |  In a little over a week, on May 12th, Ugandans will gather at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds and before their television screens to witness the swearing-in of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for an unprecedented seventh term. When he was first sworn in on January 29, 1986, Uganda …

      COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE |  When President Yoweri Museveni appointed Justice Naluzze Aisha Batala as Inspector General of Government (IGG) in October 2025, most Ugandans asked, ‘Who is Justice Aisha Naluzze Bataala?’ This was not because she was less qualified, but little was known of her because …

Jinja, Uganda | URN | The Inspector General Of Government has directed the outgoing Jinja Southern Division mayor Nasser Ashiraf and 21 other staff to refund sh33.7 million that they irregularly received in the form of allowances. According to the IGG, the money was meant to facilitate supervision of different government …

Former Karamoja minister and outgoing Bududa MP jailed four years for diverting relief aid   NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The story of Agnes Nandutu is in many ways a study in contrasts, from hardship to prominence, from the newsroom to Parliament, and ultimately from public trust to criminal …

Kyankwanzi, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has asked newly elected NRM MPs to restore accountability as they begin their legislative term. He said this will help halt rising corruption cases in flagship government programmes. He emphasized that political leadership demands a deeper intellectual grounding. “A follower may support some …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A call for peace, reflection, and personal renewal set the tone as hundreds of Christians gathered for the annual Ecumenical Public Way of the Cross in Kampala. Preaching to the faithful, Rt. Rev. Joseph Anthony Zziwa urged believers to examine their lives and become true …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has praised retired Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo for what he described as corruption-free leadership that helped transform Uganda’s judiciary. Speaking during Owiny-Dollo’s homecoming celebrations on Saturday at Kaunda Parade Ground, the president said that although he often receives reports of corruption …