corruption in uganda

8/11/2019 Corruption in Uganda

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Corruption and ForeignAid UgandaStephanie Lui, BSc, PharmD candidate 2015


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Corruption in Uganda

www.transparency.orgGlobal Corruption Barometer National Statistics 2013

Data based on survey results from 1000 individuals in urban areasConducted by third party survey company in urban areas

58

43

68

39

40

46

42

39

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Judiciary

Medical Health Services

Police

Registry and Permits

Utilities

Tax Revenue

Land Services

Education Services

% of Respondents who paid a bribe

Services

Bribes paid for Services within the past year
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Uganda Relative to Other NationsPercentage of Respondents per Country who paid a Bribe to one of Eight Services

in the last 12 months

www.transparency.orgGlobal Corruption Barometer Statistics 2013


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Corruption Perception Index

Uganda ranked 130/174 in Corruption Perception IndexWorldwide Governance Indicators show Uganda has made no progress

www.transparency.orgCorruption Perception Index Statistics 2013


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Misappropriation of Foreign Aid


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Office of the Prime Minister Scandal2012 - 2013

USD $12.7 milliondiscovered missing fromthe Office of the PrimeMinister

Earmarked for the 2009-2012 Peace Recovery andDevelopment Plan (PRDR)for Northern Uganda

United Kingdom,European Union,

Germany, Denmark,Ireland and Norwaysuspended all aid

Inset: Geoffrey Kazinda, (Former principal accountant ofOPM), Beatrice Kezaabu, (assistant resettlement officer),Martin Owor (sanctioned Commissioner for relief and disasterpreparedness), Hussein Katumwa (manager Total Fuel Station)

http://www.nbs.ug/details.phpoption=acat&a=1197#.UpKJ12Sifco


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Foreign Aid in Uganda

1.9037

1.7307

1.9591

1.8715

1.6654

1.5

1.7

1.9

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Disbursement

sinUSD(Billions)

Year

Official Development Assistance toUganda

388

253

163

149

121

76

75

64

59

52

100 200 300 400 500

United States

IDA

United Kingdom

EU Institutions

AfDF

Norway

Denmark

Japan

Ireland

Germany

Official Development Aid (Millions)

Coun

try

Official Development Assistance byDonor 2011

Sources: OECD - DAC, World Bank; www.oecd.org/dac/stats

10% of the gross national income 2011

30% of the national budget in 2012


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A little bit of history


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Not the first time! Global Fund 2005

Time Event

August 2005 USD $4.5 million from the Global Fund to fight AIDs,tuberculosis and Malaria discovered missing. Aid stopped.

November 2005 Aid resumed based on the condition that the funds would

be refunded, the guilty would be prosecuted and moreoversight would be put in place.

June 2006 Three health ministers implicated in the scandal are leftout of cabinet (Jim Muhwezi, Alex Kamugisha, MikeMukula).

March 2007 Global fund turns down a grant application for USD $16million from the Ugandan government as Uganda had yetto deliver on their promises.

April 2007 Ugandan Government finally directs police to begininvestigations.


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Not the first time! Global Fund 2005Time Event

July 2008 Special anti-corruption court created.

April July 2009 Teddy Seezi Cheeye (director of Internal Security

Organization) 10 Years for embezzlement ($43,000), FredKavuma (production manager Uganda television) 5 yearsfor misuse of funds($19,000), Analiza Mondon, ElizabethNgororano (directors of NGO) 5 years misuse of funds.

April 2010 ~USD 1.5 million of the funds had been returned

*Independent investigation by the Global fund estimatesthat $4.5 million was misappropriated.


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Not the Second time! GAVI 2007Time Event

Early 2007 USD $838,000 detected missing from the GAVI alliance by theInspectorate of Government

May 22, 2007 Charges laid against Jim Muhwezi, Mike Mukula, Alex Kamugishaand Alice Kaboyo the Presidents private secretary.

All four entered plead not guilty and were released on bail.

June 2012 Alice Kaboyo pled guilty and was fined USD $7900.

July 2012 Jim Muhwezi and Alex Kamugisha acquitted of all charges.

January 2013 Mike Mukula convicted for embezzlement ($83,000) andsentenced to 4 years.

March 2013 President Museveni offers to pay for Mukulaslegal fees.Conviction overturned. Defense argued that Mike Mukula was notan employee of the governmentbut was an appointed official.


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What factors lead to all this

corruption?


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Lack of Anti-Corruption laws andinstitutions?

Global Integrity Scorecard uses in-country researchers and journalists togenerate a scorecard on the health of a countrys anti-corruption framework

https://www.globalintegrity.org/global_year/2011/


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Anti-corruption Institutions

1. Anti Corruption Court Jurisdiction over offenses withinthe Anti-corruption Act of 2009, Penal Code Act,Leadership code act

2. Office of the Inspectorate of Government mandated to fight the abuseof authority and public office, can only prosecute government officials

3. Auditor General power to audit public accounts of court, governmentand public institutions reports to parliament

4. Parliament Public Accounts Committee monitors use of public funds onbehalf of parliament and conducts its own investigation recommendations have to be approved by the majority of parliament

5. Directorate for Ethics and Integrity responsible for setting ethicalstandards and creating anti-corruption policiescurrently focused onfighting against rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered


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Political Interference?

Theory: Siphoned funds are being used by theNational Resistance Movement to win support ofmembers of parliament and corrupt officials areprotected


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Political Musical chairs Jim Muhwezi previously sanctioned for abuse of office asMinister of education, Mike Mukula is now an MP

Presidential support of corrupt officials President Museveni offered to pay legalfees of Mike Mukula

Lack of political will to enforce anti-corruption laws (Global Fund four yearsbefore convictions, none of which were of high ranking officials due to a lack offunding and staff in the Inspectorate General)

Museveni, with the support of parliament, removed the two term limit on

presidency in 2005, a year before elections in 2006

http://38north.org/2010/06/inspector-o-and-the-spa-music-hall/5075-onlinecart62/


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Transparency?


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Possible Solutions???


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Proposed solutions?????

Re-instatement of the two-term presidency limit Appointment of officials to vacant positions in the

Inspectorate of Government and the Directorate of PublicProsecutions

Amendment of law such that presidential appointees areconsidered government employees or presidential appointeesare covered under anti-corruption laws

Increasing transparency disclosure of financial assets ofofficials, disclosure of political financing

Clarification of the roles of each anti-corruption institution

Prohibit those involved in previous scandals to becomeappointed to parliament


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QUESTIONS???

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