War against corruption resumes at grassroots

The Directorate of Ethics and Integrity has started revitalizing the district anti-corruption committees as the government resumes the war against corruption right from the grassroots. This comes after president Museveni, for the fourth time yesterday within three weeks addressed the problem of widespread corruption at the heart of government, emphasizing that he means business in his renewed war on graft. These committees called the District Integrity Promotion Forums are mandated to promote ethical conduct, unblock service delivery bottlenecks as well as fight corruption at local governments. According to the Inspectorate of Government, local governments are marred by corruption in the form of absenteeism, ghost workers in schools and health centres,  medicines and medical supplies being sold to patients, government projects […]