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CORRUPTION: Districts steal sh42b from Ugandan job seekers
Between 2018 and 2022, job applicants were asked to pay bribes amounting to sh78b, although the actual payments totalled to about sh29b.
The survey indicates that the bribes paid translate into sh5.8b annually across the 20 districts sampled or sh290m per district.
By: Michael Odeng and Edward Anyoli, Journalists @New Vision
KAMPALA - A report by the Inspectorate of Government has revealed that corruption in the recruitment of civil servants through district service commissions (DSCs) is costing Ugandans sh42.34b