Civil Society Organizations (CSO) under Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF) have urged government entities in charge of fighting corruption and advocating for human rights to double the efforts in executing their mandates.
UNNGOF says there is an urgent need to revamp the national image from last year’s corruption scandals and gross human rights violations.
During yesterday’s press briefing in Kampala, UNNGOF board Chairperson Margaret Sekaggya emphasized that the country is likely to have lost colossal sums of taxpayers’ money in a number of corruption scandals that were brought to the forefront in 2023.
Ssekaggya noted that these scandals are not mere setbacks but significant obstacles that threaten to erode the very foundations of our nation’s integrity and prosperity.
Alliance for Finance Monitoring (ACFIM) executive director Henry Nuguzi urged government agencies to learn to deal with the modern corruption tricks.
The CSO’s statements against corruption come barely a day after Uganda was reported to be among the 30 most corrupt countries across the globe and fourth in East Africa, according to the 2023, Transparency International global corruption index report.
