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The National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has urged Local Council (LC) leaders to actively hold corrupt civil servants accountable and monitor government programs.
In 2021, the Inspectorate of Government said corruption is one of the major obstacles that are undermines Uganda’s social and economic development.
It noted that although substantial investments have been made to combat corruption in Uganda, it continues to impose wide-ranging costs on society.
It said fully eradicating corruption in Uganda would result in total societal savings of at least UGX. 9.1 trillion, which is equivalent to 44% of the total budget.
The need to tackle corruption has emerged as one of the campaign issues in the ongoing Presidential campaigns.
President Museveni’s opponents, like Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, Nandala Mafabi, and Mugisha Muntu, have accused him of doing little to fight corruption at all levels.
Museveni acknowledged that while some aspects of service delivery, such as immunization, have improved, issues remain in other areas, particularly in the health sector, with reported cases of theft of medicines at health centers.
Museveni proposed the LC system, which consists of various levels (LC1 to LC V), is better paced to monitor government programs and ensure accountability.
